Re: [Amc-list] generators

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx
" 
" I honestly don't remember having many problems with them wayback when. My 64 American and 63 Classic both had gens on them. The classic died on me and the only one I could find at the wreckers at the time was a big old ball of rust. I paid $10 for it and bolted it on the car. Started it and of course the light came on. So I sighed as I was out $10 and still no chargiing...
" On the way home I was a little ticked as it was $10 I could not spare and I did not know how I was going to get my car fixed, so I floored it and ran it up to about 80 mph, about as fast as that little 196 would haul the classic. About a 1/4 mile later the light went out! I was like OK, now what?
" I get home and it being a generator I just popped the hood with it running and checked things out. It looked OK, so I popped the battery terminal off. Well, it kept running! I figured must be charging!
" I figure what ever rust, crud and gunk that was in the old crusty case just either wore or burned off! 
" As near as I can remember that generator was on the car the day I sold it a couple of years later. Never gave me another minutes trouble.

probably what happened was: the gen, sitting in the yard a while,
built up some oxide on the commutator.  metal oxides aren't conductive
as a rule; silver oxide is a notable exception.  it just took some
miles of running to burnish the oxide film off.
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