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10-18-2005, 09:52 PM
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lights surge
63 tempest Lights surge when brights are on the worst or when you step on brakes. Amp gauge always shows a charge. Has not effected battery. Went from points voltage regulator too solid state which helped. HELP THANKS
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10-18-2005, 10:01 PM
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O ya the alternater is rebuilt and I had it checked out. They told me an alternator makes the power and the voltage regulator borrows from that source to meet the systems needs. You always need a bigger source than you can use. Just like in your home.
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10-20-2005, 02:58 PM
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need bigger alternator or smaller pulley for low speed operation.
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#4
10-20-2005, 09:10 PM
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lights surge
Its a 6o amp which is bigger than standard
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10-20-2005, 09:59 PM
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A few things: make sure that the regulator is for an "A" body, not a big body.
Make sure the regulator body is grounded well to the firewall and the firewall has a good electrical connection back to the battery negative. You state the ammeter always shows a charge..is the ammeter standard on your '63? Does it have a idiot light also? If it's always showing a charge, that's correct. Immediately after starting, it should show a higher charge rate, then decrease as the battery gets charged. It should always show a slight charge when the battery is fully charged. George |
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10-20-2005, 11:42 PM
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I think I can chime in here. Ground, Ground, Ground. I had a problem and the ground is so important. I had one ground strap that was garbage. The voltage regulator was old and not making good contact. I installed new ground straps from the body to the frame, engine to the frame and the frame to the body and installed a new regulator and made sure those contacts were good and my problems went away. Oh yeah, thanks George and to everyone who helped me on that.
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#7
10-21-2005, 08:59 PM
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lights surge
Before I switched to the solid state I ran a wire from the negative battery to the regulator. Didnt help. The solid state has been working pretty good till the other night. I have a nos points delco 511 I may have to try which is correct for a 63 tempest. The gauge is the needle type where all the power for the car runs through first before it goes anywhere else. Kinda scarey!
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#8
10-30-2005, 02:09 PM
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PROBLEM SOLVED
Ran a wire from bat. to votage regulator. Surge went away. There was a poor connection at ignition at the wire that goes to the regulator. Poor connection was telling voltage regulator we need power when we didn't. Two burnt out t 3s, one pertronics ignition and two new voltage regulators.
Last edited by beemergaryw; 10-30-2005 at 09:20 PM. |
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