Jeff(WC)(MI)
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I'm having a problem with my 1955 Super 77 charging. 6v. Battery is good, 6.3V, generator was gone through 3 years ago, and new voltage regulator installed, polarized gen, and installed, acts like it wants to charge then drops back to 0, if i turn on the lights it goes to discharge. i put it back in the barn where it sat for 3 years. fast forward to a week ago, i put fresh gas in, charged battery, and fired her up. no charge. took it to a gen shop yesterday, he put on his test bench and it was charging 7V at 10amps. took it back home, traced every wire per wiring diagram, and checked continuity on everything, cleaned wire connections, installed, polarized, started it up, it tried to charge, went to 3-4amps then wavered a bit and back to 0, again lights on makes it discharge. whats going on? i'm scratching my head. i took the cover off the voltage regulator when running at 3/4 to full throttle and the cutout contacts arent closed, i manually pushed them closed and it began to charge a little, then the charging wavered and dropped back to 0. after that even manually closing the contacts they wouldnt stay, kept immediately popping back open