Well the red ignition light stays on while driving. Here's what I've done so far to try and track down the problem. Tightened the fan belt to spec. light stays on. Polarized the generator and regulator. checked the wiring from Gen to Reg. OK.Got 12 volts when testing the Battery. Started the car and at 1400rpm got a reading of 11.93 volts on the Battery..supposed to be 13.5 to 14 I believe.. so I assume the generator or regulator is causing the problem. I took a small file and filed the points in the regulator but I haven't sprayed the internals with electrical contact cleaner as was suggested somewhere.
Moss has a video to test the generator but they want you to have the idle at 850/900 whereas my car with a cam idles at 1400 so unsure if the test would work.It might be time for the generator to get new brushes etc but I'd like to rule out the regulator.
Is there a way to test the regulator to see if that is the problem? I do have a spare regulator somewhere I suppose I could install to see what happens?
Unsure how to proceed from here.....any suggestions?
Moss has a video to test the generator but they want you to have the idle at 850/900 whereas my car with a cam idles at 1400 so unsure if the test would work.It might be time for the generator to get new brushes etc but I'd like to rule out the regulator.
Is there a way to test the regulator to see if that is the problem? I do have a spare regulator somewhere I suppose I could install to see what happens?
Unsure how to proceed from here.....any suggestions?