Well so much for science! The best shade tree mechanics know the most important tool outside of knowledge is your credit card,the hammer comes in third place. Another tool is to excite the field coils by applying DC + voltage to the field coil terminal (DF/67 on the Marrelli) If the generator is functioning you should have a considerable voltage increase at the armature pole of the generator and an ammeter in the battery lead should show positive current flow. It is best to apply the voltage thru a suitable rheostat ,6 volts on the field should get you pretty good output. Chris Berry wrote:
Did ya try violence? Sometimes that works....beat the shit out of it and see if it works then. If not you'll at least feel better! ;-) My headlight went off while riding a few weeks ago. Smacked the crap out of it going down the road and it came back on. Searched wiring for 2 hours
afterwards and could find anything wrong. Hope it don't happen again!! At least I don't ride at night. Guess a rewiring is in the plans for this
winter. Chris in NC
From: John Prusnek <spaj-@raex.com> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: "Loopfram-@topica.com" <Loopfram-@topica.com> Subject: marelli regulator Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 18:05:42 -0400
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Well, I poked, sanded, cleaned, sprayed, and even talked nicely to the Marelli regulator from my '69 Ambo and it's still dead as the proverbial doornail. Anybody gots one they want to get off of? Gotta be a Marelli, Bosch won't work. Thanks, John Prusnek
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