Hey fellas, I need you to shine some light on my situation. Ill try to make this quick. Bought a 63 Merc Meteor S-33 with a 260 V-8 this past weekend. Drove it for 3 days after buying it. Before leaving for home, I smelled electrical burning. Popped hood, gen was smoking a bit. Fired it up, smoking seemed to stop. Tested it and gen was charging (showed on gauge too). No choice, had to drive it 5 hours south to get home. About 3 hours in, noticed the gauge showed no charge, then discharge shortly after. Car finally died at my exit, put in a new battery and drove it home. Just installed rebuilt gen and new regulator today. Fired it up and the gauge showed charging. Shortly after, it showed no charge, then a minor discharge. While showing discharge I tested gen and it was showing a charge (but discharge on gauge in car), I drove it around the block and the gauge still showed slight discharge. I disconnected the battery and the gauge is still showing a discharge in the car. Do i have a faulty gauge? I mean, it was working when we first bought it and this afternoon for a minute when i first put the gen/reg back in. Whats happening? Also, the old reg had a condensor attached to it but so does the gen, so I left the condensor that was on the OG reg off of the new reg. Any ideas?? Im stumped at the moment, hope you guys can help. Thanks in advance.
Did you replace the regulator as well as rebuilding the gen? I think you also have to polarize it. I have dummy light on my 64, comes on a lot in idle but seems to keep charging my battery, I have a backup regulator in the toolbox. Maybe run a separate sun type guage?
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