Recent content by conservationist

Sorry I haven't been back on in a week or so. It has to be a bad connection. To get it on the road, put in an old, after market cutout and left the "top" off. It doesn't work, but after truck running, I can manually put points together to get generator sending a charge to battery. What is...

Can't get under the hood time until afternoon Tuesday. Then I'll run some meter tests and see where I'm at. I know I'll get this figured out!!

Unless little dwarfs snuck in and changed something, I had the third brush turned up to about 10 amps while testing the old cutout (I manually closed the points and made third brush adjustment). I just couldn't get the old cutout working so decided to "upgrade" to a diode since the after market...

MidgetRacer -- Yes, I agree with your statement about an apparent bad connection. I may have stated my results poorly. I correctly have 0/zip/no connection with Red on generator and black on battery. In other words, the readout is the same on my meter as if I am not touching terminals...

Tom, No, I'm using a cheap digital ohm meter. Numbers just fluctuate (but do go zero when I touch terminals to each other to test). Getting too dark in garage to work more tonight and have in-laws in town so need to keep head out from under the hood for a bit. This Diode was from Bert's...

Okay, started engine and shorted from generator side to case and had sparks, but I'm thinking I would anyways because battery is hooked to other side?? But if not, then generator is "generating". By the way, shorted across cutout first to polarize just in case it needed it. Disconnected...

The generator has "in the past" been polarized, but not since I changed out the cutout for diode -- I'll short across the terminals again to be sure. I'll also run continuity test on the poles. I'll post results again. thanks for replies! Bob in Boise

Diode help needed. Replaced the cutout on my 1930 truck with a diode conversion because I just couldn't depend on the cutout (90% of the time no charge and continually low battery). But I have a question. I still am reading no positive amps on amp meter (in dash) but do get a major negative...