[V8Vairs] Charging Problem

[Denny Burrows]

paul if you have an auto zone, or advance , near you , they can check both regulator as well as alt. happy hunting. DL7140M is a one wire GM alt. i had some issues with charging , switch to the one wire added a volt meter problem solved. 
 
                                                            denny

From: "paulsiano at yahoo.com" <paulsiano at yahoo.com>
To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>; V-8 Vairs <v8vairs at corvair.org> 
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2012 3:08 PM
Subject: [V8Vairs] Charging Problem

Yesterday while driving my Crown conversion Corvair to a car show in The Villages, FL, I noticed the ammeter read an usually high 30 amps and pulsing to an even higher 60 amps and then back to 30.

Returning home after the show I kept a close eye on the ammeter.  For a while it read a normal slight positive charge and then it went to about 30 amps and seemed to be related to engine speed...higher rpms resulted in a higher amp reading.  Could it be the 46 year old voltage regulator is bad or might there be other places to look?

Any thoughts will be appreciated.

Paul
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