Hi a quick question and a little history.
8N side distributor late model 1951. Genny is a 8N1001 and regulator is a 8N10505C. Wiring to/from genny and regulator and what not is crap and i think i need a new harness to resolve my issue described below.
Question:
Which wiring harness will cover the charging system or should i buy my own wire (what gauges) and hand wire it myself? Is harness "8N14401C" for the charging system or do i need the expensive harness with diff part number?
History:
Last winter my battery was weak or dead all the time. During spring/summer it starts right up. This fall I was wondering exactly what to expect from the ammeter so I read up and realized i should be seeing some 1-20amp draw to the positive side while it is charging the battery. It never passes 1amp or 0 amps.
So i did some more reading and testing of my voltage regulator. I got to a particular test where i was to connect FLD to Ground and see if the ammeter jumps to full charge. It did! The next step in the PDF i was reading was to change the voltage regulator. So I did! I fired that puppy up all excited to see some draw and nothing. I repeated the FLD to Ground test with a wire and same thing, 20amp charge on ammeter. In fact, this time the ammeter jumped all over back and forth for a bit and finally stopped at 0amp after 5 min of jumping or sitting still at 0.
So i did some more reading.. Learned that i could adjust the voltage regulator armatures of the cutout and the regulator. But do i need to? I just bought a brand new one from this web site, isnt it spec? Plus, i opened the old one and noticed there is no screw to adjust it so id have to bend the tabs and want to avoid that.
This lead me to think maybe the wiring is bad? If so, then why would the FLD to ground jump spike my charge?
What are your opinions? Replacing wiring? Which harness? Could i just replace a few wires from the genny fld,arm,bat to the regulator instead and go buy some lesser priced wire at the hardware store of some specific gauge?
-Homer
8N side distributor late model 1951. Genny is a 8N1001 and regulator is a 8N10505C. Wiring to/from genny and regulator and what not is crap and i think i need a new harness to resolve my issue described below.
Question:
Which wiring harness will cover the charging system or should i buy my own wire (what gauges) and hand wire it myself? Is harness "8N14401C" for the charging system or do i need the expensive harness with diff part number?
History:
Last winter my battery was weak or dead all the time. During spring/summer it starts right up. This fall I was wondering exactly what to expect from the ammeter so I read up and realized i should be seeing some 1-20amp draw to the positive side while it is charging the battery. It never passes 1amp or 0 amps.
So i did some more reading and testing of my voltage regulator. I got to a particular test where i was to connect FLD to Ground and see if the ammeter jumps to full charge. It did! The next step in the PDF i was reading was to change the voltage regulator. So I did! I fired that puppy up all excited to see some draw and nothing. I repeated the FLD to Ground test with a wire and same thing, 20amp charge on ammeter. In fact, this time the ammeter jumped all over back and forth for a bit and finally stopped at 0amp after 5 min of jumping or sitting still at 0.
So i did some more reading.. Learned that i could adjust the voltage regulator armatures of the cutout and the regulator. But do i need to? I just bought a brand new one from this web site, isnt it spec? Plus, i opened the old one and noticed there is no screw to adjust it so id have to bend the tabs and want to avoid that.
This lead me to think maybe the wiring is bad? If so, then why would the FLD to ground jump spike my charge?
What are your opinions? Replacing wiring? Which harness? Could i just replace a few wires from the genny fld,arm,bat to the regulator instead and go buy some lesser priced wire at the hardware store of some specific gauge?
-Homer