<VV> regulator messing up
Ron
ronh at owt.com
Tue Aug 30 18:07:40 EDT 2011
Well, there is such a thing as prevenative maintenance and cleaning electric
contacts kind of falls in that catagory.
RonH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Houston" <jhouston45 at gmail.com>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 2:14 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> regulator messing up
> When I was in school getting my A&P license, one of the "Old"
> instructors gave us a good rule to follow: "If it ain't broke, don't
> mess with it!"
>
> Jim Houston
>
>
> On 8/30/2011 4:51 PM, Charles Birchwood wrote:
>> So I was working on the Vair ('65 Monza) this past weekend and thought
>> I'd clean
>> the contacts on the 4-contact plus that goes in the bottom of the voltage
>> regulator. I get them all cleaned up and put them back and now my voltage
>> isn't
>> regulated right and the alt-light stays on all the time. I've taken the
>> cover
>> off the Delco-Remy and checked all my points and gaps, but was careful
>> not to
>> clean anything. I'm put the plug back in and out multiple times just to
>> see if
>> it isn't seated right, but nothing works.
>> Charles Birchwood Ps. 121
>> "Nullius addictus judicare in verba magistri"-Horace
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