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Ok, I’m trying to catch up with your language here. And I apologize. I’ll get some sleep and post tomorrow but I’ve been awake since 2am and want...
Hey there- with the new regulator, not jumping around. I’m sure I screwed up the air gap on the cutoff relay. Trying to dial in the spring tension...
You may haven’t read above so I’ll fill you in. Old regulator swung from high 12s to low 14s in a single drive on a full battery and was pretty...
After working the vampire shift, just came home to tweak the spring tension. After going back and forth with too low and too high, I’m now sitting...
ground is good, all contacts are cleaned and there was no problem until I went it alone and cleaned the relay point on the old regulator with some...
I hear ya. Said regulator was much more stable before I “cleaned” (messed up) the points. It was only after that, it started jumping around.
Okeedokee. I found this online shop manual- been reading up, good stuff. http://www.ruiter.ca/mc/info/PDFs/1R-116.pdf
So, back to the new regulator. tweaked the voltage regulator spring a tiny bit, loosened the spring tension. Down to 12.2v. Added back a bit of...
Ok, I just read what I wrote- to clarify, the original regulator, before I cleaned the contacts today didn't flicker back and forth from 12-14.5...
Well, Friday fails! :p I cleaned the contacts VERY gently with some 1000 grit and got some gnarly black stuff off the contacts so that wasn't...
Good to know
Insomnia is a pain in the ass. So I got up early and pulled the cover off the new one and the old. The old one has screw adjustments for the...
Thanks man, good to know. Quite honestly, I’ll likely try putting the old one back in and cleaning up the three wire contact points a little and...
Thanks for posting. Good info, I didn’t double check the gauge reading with the engine running across the battery terminals with a digital...
ah, got it! Working today and checking this thread when I can- I’ll try to get after it tomorrow with both the old and the new and report back.
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