[BaadAssGremlins] Re: Weird charging system problems

["jgray_55" <jgray_55@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hal...that what i wanted when i called Jeff Kennedy..HE suggested the 
replacement 51 amp Motorolas!! DUHHHH...wish i had stuck to my 
original plan!!--- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Hal 
<strlcuckoo_46@...> wrote:
>
> Joe,
> Have you considered going to a Delco, internal
> regulator alternator?
> Hal
> 
> --- Joe <jgray_55@...> wrote:
> 
> > OK. About three years ago i replaced the locked up
> > 35amp Motorola alternator on my 67 Ambassador with a
> > rebuilt(loose use of the term rebuilt ) CarQuest
> > unit.
> > The alt was locked up when i got the Ambo. The
> > rebuilt
> > alt  worked fine for about a month or so. THEN it
> > quit
> > charging completely......i went thru THREE  MORE of
> > the pieces of crap Car Quest alternators,..EACH ONE
> > did something weirdly different...WRONG!!!!!!!~!
> > Finally i gave up and installed a WELL-USED totally
> > original 1967 Rambler American 6 cylinder 35 amp
> > alternator. Charged fine at higher than idle
> > speeed...but the aftermarket gauge showed a slight
> > dis-charge at idle.Sooo after a year of driving it
> > that way.....i bought a factory replacement AMC
> > Motorola upgrade  51 amp unit from Jeff
> > Kennedy....installed it tonight. WEIRDNESS GETS
> > WAYYYYY WORSE!!!!!!! At idle speed the needle jumps
> > around some...unless i turn on the lights..then it's
> > KINDA  smooth..but higher charge rate than normal. 
> > BUT.... if i rev it up even SLIGHTLY ...the needle
> > jumps WILDLY back and forth from  14-16
> > volts????????
> > WTF is the deal now?????? OHHH YEAH..i've already
> > tried SEVERAL NOS and Aftermarket regulators...ALL
> > are
> > the same result!!!!!! WTFFFFF?? I've heard along
> > time
> > ago that the positive feed on the fuse block can
> > cause
> > this..BUT..it charged well with the OLD Rambler
> > alt..except at idle???????? Just ABout ready to fry
> > the (*&^%$#@ thing!! HELPPPPP Joe
> > 
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