Re: Alternator or regulator bad?

[Tom Duross <tduross1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I did just that with my 65 Belv convertible last summer while on a drive to 
western massachusetts and the regulator went.  I put a switch on the hot 
wire and flipped it to manual charge every now and then while driving as I 
noticed the alternator get down to a certain point on the ammeter dash 
gauge.  I nice old guy stopped to help me when I was pulled over and after 
we did it we talked about old cars for about 2 hours just standing there on 
the side of the road.
So if you need a quick fix for a bad regulator, it worked for me.  Use the 
largest gauge wire you can, it gets hot.

Tom Duross
ps-I bought 2 of the electronic regulators from JC Whitney after that 
thoughtful posting from our esteemed web-master/guru/mopar guy. Cheap.

<don't forget to trim>

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Casey" <dcasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: Alternator or regulator bad?



Assuming you have an original system, place a voltmeter on your battery to
see the voltage. Then disconnect the Field (green) wire from the alternator.
Start the engine and hotwire the positive battery terminal to the alternator
terminal from which you removed the wire. The volt meter should show that
it's charging, maybe as much as 18 volts. If not, you're alternator is to
blame. If so, check your regulator.

Dave Casey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Skagdrager@xxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2005 4:34 PM
Subject: Alternator or regulator bad?


> Hi, Friends.
> The alternator on my 62 Dart just stopped generating. Is there a simple 
> test
> to determine if it's the alternator or the regulator that needs replacing? 
> Or
> both?
> The dash gauge seems fine; the needle bounces to the negative side in 
> rythm
> with the turn signal lights. And the battery's new and charges back up on 
> the
> battery charger fine.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Paul

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