<VV> Charging problem SOLVED

Tue Jan 15 16:42:31 EST 2019

 Thanks to all those who offered advice. Most of the possible cures concerned a bad wire or corrosion after the alternator and the voltage regulator were eliminated. 

 I had just determined that the alternator and the voltage regulator were putting of correct voltage, but it was not getting into the battery. I started jiggling the wires (very professionally) and I heard the alternator load up the engine. I determined it was the *%&^*(&$@  little red thingy. Some how the screw loosened just enough to allow some corrosion to form to effect the small red wire which delivers the voltage directly to the battery from the alternator.
  A little cleaning was all the the connections needed. Well, now I have several spare alternators and voltage regulators.

    On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 2:47:36 PM EST, David Heath <dheath at vanceandhines.com> wrote:  

 The more I think about it, my original plan was just to put some solder on the terminal/wire connection.  When I tried to do that, the solder would not flow at all.  The corrosion was just too much for the rosin core solder I had.  That is when I decided to cut the wire back.  Just an FYI.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 11:15 AM Michael Kovacs <kovacsmj at yahoo.com> wrote:

thanks, I'll be working on it for a few days.

    On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 12:55:05 PM EST, David Heath <dheath at vanceandhines.com> wrote:  

 If you need replacement terminals, let me know.  I have a small stash and could drop a few in the mail.

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 9:39 AM Michael Kovacs <kovacsmj at yahoo.com> wrote:

 Dave,  Thanks, I did clean all the connectors and used dielectric grease on all of them. Perhaps I'll revisit the main wire-connector located in the drivers side corner of the engine compartment. It gave me a problem in the past because one of the plastic snaps is broken. Although I can, I hate to pull the wire connectors out of the plastic. 

 I'll dig through my stash for better a plastic connector and see if I want to replace it

    On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 10:47:43 AM EST, David Heath <dheath at vanceandhines.com> wrote:  

I had a similar problem with my '65 a few years ago.  I had a couple spare alternators and a few more spare regulators (both the stock style and also all-electronic).  I swapped out all sorts of combinations - sometimes it would work and sometimes it would not.  Sometimes it would be over-voltage and sometimes no-charge.  Never anything consistent.  Finally, after much head scratching, I figured that the feedback signals were not actually getting to the regulator reliably.  I checked the connectors going to the regulator and the copper was all very dark brown and ugly.  I clipped a wire and stripped back a little.  Still ugly.  I think I had to cut about 1 to 1.5" off the end of each wire before I got to good copper.  I put new terminals on the ends and reinstalled.  Everything has worked fine since.  I think moisture is wicked down the copper strands and slowly corrodes the wire ends.  
David HeathCypress, CA'65 Coupe 140/4

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