<VV> flickering lights

[Markpowhatan at aol.com]

Last night I arrived home after dark in my 63 Spyder, and was opening  the 
garage door and noticed my headlights were slightly flickering.  The  tail 
lights were too, and most noticeably the dome light was as well.  I  jiggled 
all the wire connections in the engine compartment as well as under the  
dash that I could get to, but the lights kept up a slightly  "stroboscopic" 
flicker that went away slowly as I raised engine  rpms.   I checked the voltage 
regulator and found that the field  contacts were closed, but if I pulled 
them closed tighter with my fingers, the  flicker would stop.  I cleaned the 
contacts with no change.  I then  changed the regulator, with no 
improvement.  Then I tried  disconnecting a wire to the generator to disable it, then 
started the engine,  and my lights were then steady.   Any guess folks if i 
have a  generator problem, or a pair of defective regulators?  Since the 
lights are  steady without the generator, I would think the wiring is OK.  Am I  
right?    Thanks again for all the help in the  past.      Mark Francis  63 
Spyder    Powhatan, Va.