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12-25-2021, 07:36 AM
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Or how short the passengers skirt is
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12-25-2021, 09:48 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Unique Motorcars 289 USRRC, 1964 289 stroked to 331, toploader
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Oh,...
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Originally Posted by patrickt
It all depends on what you're wearing at the time.  |
[quote=incoming;1501448]Or how short the passengers skirt is[/quo te]
... so he's talkin' about the red-light district. Makes more sense, now.
(Not sure why the second quote in not showing properly... it looks correct, syntactically.)
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Unique Motorcars 289 USRRC
1964 289 5-bolt block
Toploader and 3.31 rear
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12-26-2021, 02:12 PM
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What's your idle speed? Does it give better voltage at say 2000rpm?
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12-26-2021, 02:16 PM
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No, it seems to drop off line and that's it. Every once on a while I'll look at the voltmeter while driving around the corner with it and it's up to 13v, then it's gone again. I have to believe it's the alternator. What else could it be? Either that or someting isn't right with the wire that is supposed to "excite" the alternator. If that were the case, why would it initially work and then not? I'm going to move that wire to the ACC terminal on the ignition switch and see if that does anythng, but I doubt it. If it was a bad ignition switch, the ignition would drop out as well if the switch terminal I'm on was bad too. It's not doing that. This whole thing is driving me batty.
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12-26-2021, 03:08 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by 767Jockey
I'm going to move that wire to the ACC terminal on the ignition switch and see if that does anything, but I doubt it.
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Before you start replacing stuff, start the car up, put the VOM on it, watch how it has a nice 13+ volts and then when it drops off try wiggling the wires that go to the VR and whack the VR with the back of a screwdriver. See if you can get the voltage to bounce up by doing any of that. |
12-26-2021, 02:42 PM
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Maybe the regulator has an intermittent thermal related problem.
$25 for the part, freeze it spray is about that anyway
Fix or repair daily 😬
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12-26-2021, 03:39 PM
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You crack me up, I just assumed its been gently wacked with a hammer.
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12-26-2021, 03:50 PM
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You crack me up, I just assumed its been gently wacked with a hammer.
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It is known in the trade as the "jiggle and whack" test. |
12-26-2021, 05:39 PM
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I just hooked the light back into the circuit, and have the resistor bridgng the two terminals of the light. No charge, light stays on. I ordered a new regulator from Amazon for $30. If that doesn't work I'm out of ideas.
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12-26-2021, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by 767Jockey
I just hooked the light back into the circuit, and have the resistor bridgng the two terminals of the light. No charge, light stays on. I ordered a new regulator from Amazon for $30. If that doesn't work I'm out of ideas.
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In your very first post, is that graphic actually your alternator or is that just something you found and posted?  |
12-26-2021, 06:06 PM
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That graphic is one that shows how to hook up a Ford 3G alternator in a car that didn't have one. It depicts the exact same alternator I have. It's exactly the way I have it hooked up now.
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12-26-2021, 06:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 767Jockey
That graphic is one that shows how to hook up a Ford 3G alternator in a car that didn't have one. It depicts the exact same alternator I have. It's exactly the way I have it hooked up now.
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OK, and it has the voltage regulator on the back of the alternator itself. Now, is there by any chance some other external voltage regulator in this mix, maybe bolted to the footbox or something, or is the only voltage regulator the one on the back of the alternator? |
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