Ownership Log – ERA#2124

[Fullchat289]

All:

Happy to report that I received a replacement stub axle from Coventry West on Thursday of last week, bathed it in Gear Oil, and installed it that evening, and went for a test run. Car ran fine save for the fact that I still had the charging issue, but I threw it on the charger and with the new yellow-top, I figured I would be fine for the upcoming wedding on Saturday considering I was running around for a few days on the old battery with a faulty charging system. I did some preliminary trouble shooting Saturday morning per the ERA guide for the charging system to isolate the problem between the voltage regulator and the alternator, and found (at that time) that there was no change in the Ampmeter when I looped the power and field wires at the voltage regulator plug....hence leading me to believe that I had a alternator problem. BUT!!! yesterday, I began removing the wires from the back of the alternator to take it for testing and found that my field wire was broken off inside the connector on the alternator post....so a quick repair there, and I now have a working charging system!! Lots of lessons learned here over the past week, but with each day I drive the car, I just fall more deeply in love with it...

So on to the wedding day....the weather was beautiful, and the bride and groom had a wonderful time using the car and things went very well. The car drew quite a bit of attention and questions from the attendees, and kinda-sorta stole the show...lol. The groom txt'd me this morning saying again how appreciative he was and how he thought it was the hit of the wedding...the newly wed couple used the car as their mock "get away" car post ceremony, but returned with it to do a few more photos before then driving to the reception at a local Country Club. The car then sat outside the Country Club entrance the remainder of the evening and continued to draw conversation..photos, etc... It was a fun time, and I was happy to be a part of it considering the tribulations leading up to the event....

Bride and Groom getting ready to set off:



Cool photo set up by the Groom for the wedding photographer...this was taken on the Groom's cell phone...



- Allen.

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by Fullchat289

....the new yellow-top.....

Allen , I only hope that's the battery you're talking about
Cheers,
Glen