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Never toss your old parts....regulator story

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George in NW Mi

12-11-2004 06:16:46




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When I bought the farm I live on now, there was included a 1950 TO-20. The battery had been connected with a negative ground and it did not charge. I changed the polarity but it still didn't work.

So I bought a rebuilt generator and decided to get a new regulator at the same time. This worked for a couple of months and then it stopped charging.

I grounded the field terminal on the generator and it started charging. So I put the old regulator back on and voil�, it worked!

So the 50 year old regulator, connected with the wrong polarity for who knows how many years, still worked while the new one only lasted 2 months.

So save those old parts, they may be better than you can get new today.

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Gunnar Gallis

12-12-2004 08:53:30




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 Re: Never toss your old parts....regulator story in reply to George in NW Mich, 12-11-2004 06:16:46  
The father of a friend of mine once had a Standard Vanguard. After the father died and the house he lived in was to be sold, I helped tidying the place by digging a hole in my forest for the Standard remains. A few years later my friend bought a Triumph TR3. After some time he lost the oil pressure even if the motor was newly overhauled. He had to realize that the oil pump failed. He came to me with a funny smile and asked if I remembered where I had dug down the Standard? I did, we undug it, removed the oil pan, and there it was, the oil pump, no rust, looking like new, he replaced it and the Triumph workes like new. I dug the remains down again, but noticed exactly the place, you never know!
ps. As many of you know, the Ferguson TEA, Standard and Triumph cars used the same engine, in different versions. You can rebild the Ferguson with the sportscar motor, and get i real fast tractor!

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