|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
08-06-2018, 04:31 PM | #1 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Endeavor, WI
Posts: 119
|
Ammeter "-", generator motors...hep
OK...yesterday we went for a drive and afterwards at home I noticed the ammeter in the negative with everything turned off so I disconnected the battery. Today I loosened the generator belt, reattached the battery, and the generator slowly turned. (Again, everything was off.) I am assuming the cut-out is bad. Does filing the cut-out points work or is a new one the only real solution???
__________________
"I have not yet begun to defile myself." -Doc Holliday '31 Tudor, '69 F100, '66 Mustang, '11 Ford Flex Last edited by braol; 08-06-2018 at 04:41 PM. |
08-06-2018, 07:38 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Eagle Bend, MN
Posts: 2,027
|
Re: Ammeter "-", generator motors...hep
Repair the old one or get a fun projects voltage regulator to replace it. New repro cutouts are trouble I hear.
__________________
"There are some that can destroy an anvil with a teaspoon and shouldn't be allowed to touch anything resembling a tool." |
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
08-06-2018, 08:41 PM | #3 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Oregon
Posts: 5,998
|
Re: Ammeter "-", generator motors...hep
Clean the points up and give it a try. The return spring may also be weak. Volt reg. is a good upgrade, as well as the diode kit, but if your cutout is original Ford give it to someone that might want to rebuild it, don't toss it in the trash.
|
08-06-2018, 10:23 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
|
Re: Ammeter "-", generator motors...hep
If the old is a reproduction then replace it with a solid state cutout (diode) if original open it up and inspect the ground wire as it often works its self loose.
__________________
What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II |
08-07-2018, 11:40 AM | #5 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Endeavor, WI
Posts: 119
|
Re: Ammeter "-", generator motors...hep
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Great forum Thanks for all the help!!!!
__________________
"I have not yet begun to defile myself." -Doc Holliday '31 Tudor, '69 F100, '66 Mustang, '11 Ford Flex |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|