The Ford Barn - View Single Post - Help! - 1955 Thunderbird 6V (ground-neg.) generator not charging

soundquest · 09-09-2020, 06:30 PM

Woohoo! I got it working! It was the voltage regulator -- the inner most and outer most coils needed adjusting. The outer coil was not closing at all and the inner most needed adjustment for greater output. Thanks for your help guys. And now a more specific question, What voltage do these things like to run at fully warmed up at idle at 75 degrees outside? I have it outputting right now at about 6.9-7.1 volts at idle. Needs a bit more juice? I just don't want to overdo it. The car actually runs much better now that it is producing enough spark on generator power instead of just batt. power.

09-09-2020, 06:30 PM	#5
soundquest Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2020 Posts: 11	Re: Help! - 1955 Thunderbird 6V (ground-neg.) generator not charging Woohoo! I got it working! It was the voltage regulator -- the inner most and outer most coils needed adjusting. The outer coil was not closing at all and the inner most needed adjustment for greater output. Thanks for your help guys. And now a more specific question, What voltage do these things like to run at fully warmed up at idle at 75 degrees outside? I have it outputting right now at about 6.9-7.1 volts at idle. Needs a bit more juice? I just don't want to overdo it. The car actually runs much better now that it is producing enough spark on generator power instead of just batt. power.