lesingepsycho
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Hello everybody,
Background: I spent yesterday replacing a bad water pump on my mothers '68 Midget. She's keeping everything stock on her car and so has a dynamo/gnerator and external voltage regulator. After putting the SU's that I rebuilt this winter on, I was able to get the car to where it idles at about 1000RPM or less, but when it is idling that low, the red ignition light comes on indicating that the car isn't being charged. (I learned the hard way to take that little red light seriously!)
My question: Is this something that can be adjusted in the voltage regulator so that the battery recieves a charge when idling or is this a sign of a weak generator? If it is a weak generator, is it worth while to be rebuilt or is it better off to buy new?
Thanks in advance /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
JACK
Background: I spent yesterday replacing a bad water pump on my mothers '68 Midget. She's keeping everything stock on her car and so has a dynamo/gnerator and external voltage regulator. After putting the SU's that I rebuilt this winter on, I was able to get the car to where it idles at about 1000RPM or less, but when it is idling that low, the red ignition light comes on indicating that the car isn't being charged. (I learned the hard way to take that little red light seriously!)
My question: Is this something that can be adjusted in the voltage regulator so that the battery recieves a charge when idling or is this a sign of a weak generator? If it is a weak generator, is it worth while to be rebuilt or is it better off to buy new?
Thanks in advance /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
JACK