<VV> regulator messing up

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

 One of my restoration projects is a 1942 Sperry searchlight, complete with a Hercules 6 cylinder engine and generator.

My motto, if it ain't broke, it will be at the worst possible moment! Especially on something that old, where untold numbers of others have monkeyed with it over the decades, most not well qualified to do so. I spent untold hours reversing several 'improvements', some of which are hysterical to those who understand how an 800,000,000 candlepower searchlight operates! I'm surprised the thing didn't melt down before we got it. 

So, yes, on these 40+ year old cars, don't assume anything is bulletproof reliable! It takes a LOT of diligence to make sure everything is working as well as it did when it was new. 

 

John Roberts
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: J R Read <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
To: Charles Birchwood <sharpiebandit06 at bellsouth.net>; Vair Club <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tue, Aug 30, 2011 7:25 pm
Subject: Re: <VV> regulator messing up


If it ain't broke....  Oh nevermind - you don't want the hear THAT just now.
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Birchwood" <sharpiebandit06 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Vair Club" <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 3:51 PM
Subject: <VV> regulator messing up


> So I was working on the Vair ('65 Monza) this past weekend and thought I'd 
> clean
> the contacts on the 4-contact plus that goes in the bottom of the voltage
> regulator. I get them all cleaned up and put them back and now my voltage 
> isn't
> regulated right and the alt-light stays on all the time. I've taken the 
> cover
> off the Delco-Remy and checked all my points and gaps, but was careful not 
> to
> clean anything. I'm put the plug back in and out multiple times just to 
> see if
> it isn't seated right, but nothing works.
> Charles Birchwood Ps. 121
> "Nullius addictus judicare in verba magistri"-Horace

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