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Less wobble with roller bearings because of the taper and the loading via proper adjustment…plus they hold the lubrication better.
Normal…use masking tape on brake shoe until your done handling them…remove just before final assembly
Use a test light on the positive side of the coil with the key on to be sure there is power there and report back…
If you un-plug the alternator does it start?
LED will not work…something with 194 bulb would be perfect.
In ‘64 we called it: “Dragging the Ave”
And as always don’t forget: mouser.com
Part of the consideration is temperature…a discharged battery can freeze.
All GM external regulators work but are subject to similar issues…bad grounds. The GM external has a grounding tab underneath the regulator and it...
In ‘56 a Lincoln would be Positive Ground…this may be your issue if you wired it to a Negative ground.
I am not sure a 305 ever had a brace…and many SBC starter used a short threaded extension to the through bolt…so you just un-threaded the through...
You can get by without the special bolt as long as the bolts fit tight in the starter housing…because this engine is probably nothing special…ie....
Only on a motor with magnetic fields
The tab underneath is a A=armature tab and connects to A on the generator, F=field, B=battery and L=lights…as in a direct feed to the headlight...
It shouldn’t matter as long as the wires going from the dimmer to headlights are in the correct positions…activate the dimmer and test both plugs...
Sounds like your dimmer switch is bad or it’s feeding back for some reason…do your testing at the dimmer switch first…power in and then it should...
With some copper mixed in to make them last longer for starters…
A growler test the armature for shorts in the windings to ground. The field coils need to be tested also…usually done with A/C voltage through a...
Not always true…a bad battery with a shorted cell can suck the power from the jump-start and confuse the issue…better to by-pass the old battery...
First I would send that one wire back and get a normal CS130…that will run your Gen. light and charge better when you first start the car…my...
There were some armatures that were different lengths….be sure you matched properly.
Yes, however there are some single activator small stud solenoids that have internal grounding and only need power to the one small stud as long...
Yes…that’s how you can tell…one wire is a grounding switch…two wire is not. When you changed to car to negative ground it made the one wire switch...
No…that push button is a grounding switch…don’t use it…
And of course it would come from Lucas “The Prince of Darkness” [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
The three most important things in auto electric: bad grounds, bad grounds and bad grounds!
Smoke is almost always related to a bad connection…they may be tight but not clean…stop and remove, clean and re-install including where the cable...
In today’s world there are many waterproof fuse boxes especially if you look in Marine applications and that makes your choices easier.
Sounds like a bad armature….any auto electric shops in your area? If there is…take both the generators and the regulator to them for testing…be...
Be sure to plug the vac line…golf tee works great[emoji106][emoji106]
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