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Originally Posted by rob love
It could be as simple as the brushes are worn or dirty. If that is the kind of work you can do, then you will have to pull it off. If not, then you will have to pull it off and send it to an automotive electronics place. Best to find one that has been around for a long time. They likely do not run into a lot of 3 brush generators these days.
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Agreed, generators and starters either work or are made to work with a little cleaning and work on the brushes. If it is a catastrophic failure in the windings then you need professional help (or at least I do). Usually a quick look inside will tell you if there's a short, burning or something stuck.
A steady 6V reading (assuming what you are checking connects back to the battery) strongly suggests to me it's the generator not putting anything out.
What's that old trick about reversing the terminals on a generator to make it 'motor' as a way of checking it?
Pulling a carrier generator would be easy enough it it weren't for that friggin fan. You pretty much have to remove it or risk driving one on the blades into the radiator cooling fins. If you do remove the fan first (recommended) then you scrape every bit of skin off your knuckles working the 7/16' wrench between the fan extension and the aforementioned rad cooling fins.
07-02-21, 04:39
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