About six weeks ago my ‘30 Coupe left me on the road like I’d turned the switch off. Come to find out the hot wire feed to the wiring harness from the starter had come loose from the grommet. Now I accepted responsibility for this as I understand it is difficult to tighten the nut on the starter pole without putting same pressure on this union. I also learned what happens to the generator armature once power to the cutoff is lost. Burned to a crisp. My repair man told me the original cutouts can cause this so I ordered two NuRex units.
Fast forward less than 8 weeks and I’m experiencing intermittent power to the horn and lights on the ‘30 pickup and, like the Coupe the generator isn’t charging. Thinking first of the same wire to grommet connection I am distressed to find it tight and in good order. After much tinkering I discover intermittent continuity in this same wire. Currious! I run a new yellow wire, have the generator rebuilt, install the new NuRex cutout and put everything back. After starting the engine I register no charge. I go back to an original cutout, no charge. I switch in a known amp meter, no charge.
I take the genny back to the shop for testing. It is charging but the new NuRex isn’t working but the old cutout is. More curiosity! I go home install everything and check the continuity on both amp meters, both are fine. I run two new wires from the junction box to the amp meter and it registers both a charge and discharge! My untrained conclusion? Two bad wires in this harness which is only three years old. The Coupe harness is 10.
If I’m correct in my assessment this seems like quality issue. Has anyone else experienced this?
Fast forward less than 8 weeks and I’m experiencing intermittent power to the horn and lights on the ‘30 pickup and, like the Coupe the generator isn’t charging. Thinking first of the same wire to grommet connection I am distressed to find it tight and in good order. After much tinkering I discover intermittent continuity in this same wire. Currious! I run a new yellow wire, have the generator rebuilt, install the new NuRex cutout and put everything back. After starting the engine I register no charge. I go back to an original cutout, no charge. I switch in a known amp meter, no charge.
I take the genny back to the shop for testing. It is charging but the new NuRex isn’t working but the old cutout is. More curiosity! I go home install everything and check the continuity on both amp meters, both are fine. I run two new wires from the junction box to the amp meter and it registers both a charge and discharge! My untrained conclusion? Two bad wires in this harness which is only three years old. The Coupe harness is 10.
If I’m correct in my assessment this seems like quality issue. Has anyone else experienced this?
