'67Etype with flasher fitting under dash. The main terminal for the brown/white heavy wire fried, I expect from contact case. Took it all apart and used a stainless steel screw to replace fried one, it worked for about 5 trips of 10 mi each and then started showing very erratic ammeter readings. Could feel some wiggle in the terminal. Took it all apart again and added a few insulating washers so could tighten terminal nut against outside of case. Same thing, a cupla fine trips with ammeter working great and charging battery. Now ammeter shows slight (-) when driving, today restart at restaurant and no go. Charged battery and got home. Weird, twice now soon after rebuild works fine and then a few starts and trips and ammeter swings far + briefly or shows slight (-) most of time. Also noticed that soon after start always (-) then after a few minutes will show good + and eventually wild swings. I have only three wires to alternator, all going to lugs on the nylon fitting. in book that is for cars with "steering locks" but book test relates to lug labeled AL on alternator that has no connection on mine. Totally lost and confused--time to give up and buy new alternator???
Thanks, Jay Glass
Thanks, Jay Glass