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Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2002 12:07 pm
by rmeismer1@aol.com
Does anyone know if it is nessary to polarizes the generator on a TC if so
how? Also does anyone have a working regulator for the TC that they would be
interested in selling. The TC has a RF91 but a RF95/2 would also work I
understand. Does anyone know of anyone that can repair them .
From M.G.( Meismer's Garage)
Rolland Meismer
Burlington,Iowa U.S.A.
1947 TC #3409--1951 TD #5522
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Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2002 12:26 pm
by sculptart@aol.com
Rolland,
You can get your regulator brought back into top condition at British
Auto Electric. The phone number is (714) 630-1074. Good service and quality
work.
My best, Ben Cordsen
Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2002 1:14 pm
by David & Joyce Edgar
I will second the message below. Jerry Felper does great work at a
reasonable price. He does answer email too:
felperg@earthlink.net
What he will probably do, and what you could easliy do to, is to take
the guts out of a newer Lucas regulator and put them into the old 9
post case. I was able to find a new 5 post at a swap meet with a
broken case for $10 or so and did the switch.
David Edgar, TC 5108
El Cajon, California
At 3:26 PM -0400 7/3/02,
sculptart@aol.com wrote:
>Rolland,
> You can get your regulator brought back into top condition at British
>Auto Electric. The phone number is (714) 630-1074. Good service and quality
>work.
> My best, Ben Cordsen
Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2002 5:07 pm
by Frank O_ The Mountain
In a message dated 7/3/02 12:09:04 Pacific Daylight Time,
rmeismer1@aol.com
writes:
>
Rolland, it depends on the recent history of the generator.....if it has been
laying around for years with out use, it will probably need polarizing or if
you are changing polarity on the battery, you'll need to flash the
field......this is easy, take a wire from the non-grounded lead of the
battery, skin it back about an inch, then just touch it to the field terminal
of the generator for a second....you'll get some sparks which is what you
want...thats it!
Terry in Oakland
Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 8:48 am
by kwcp
Rolland:
Jerry Felper just did two of mine. Nice work , reasonable price. See the T-ABC
suppliers list for his address.
Ken TC 4147
rmeismer1@aol.com wrote:
> Does anyone know if it is nessary to polarizes the generator on a TC if so
> how? Also does anyone have a working regulator for the TC that they would be
> interested in selling. The TC has a RF91 but a RF95/2 would also work I
> understand. Does anyone know of anyone that can repair them .
>
> From M.G.( Meismer's Garage)
> Rolland Meismer
> Burlington,Iowa U.S.A.
> 1947 TC #3409--1951 TD #5522
>
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>
>
>
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Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 9:37 am
by Donald Wilkinson
Any DC generator may need polarizing (or may not; just do it on spec.)
Don
TC 7993
>From:
rmeismer1@aol.com
>To:
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>Subject: [mg-tabc] Regulator problems f/TC
>Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:07:48 EDT
>
> Does anyone know if it is nessary to polarizes the generator on a TC if
>so
>how? Also does anyone have a working regulator for the TC that they would
>be
>interested in selling. The TC has a RF91 but a RF95/2 would also work I
>understand. Does anyone know of anyone that can repair them .
>
> From M.G.( Meismer's Garage)
>Rolland Meismer
>Burlington,Iowa U.S.A.
>1947 TC #3409--1951 TD #5522
>
>
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>
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>
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Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 9:45 am
by Donald Wilkinson
Easier than that. With everything connected, just close cutout relay (with
finger). Job done.
Don
TC 7993
>From:
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>To:
rmeismer1@aol.com,
mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Regulator problems f/TC
>Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 20:07:31 EDT
>
>In a message dated 7/3/02 12:09:04 Pacific Daylight Time,
rmeismer1@aol.com
>writes:
>
>so
> how? Also does anyone have a working regulator for the TC that they would
>be
> interested in selling. The TC has a RF91 but a RF95/2 would also work I
> understand. Does anyone know of anyone that can repair them . >>
>
>Rolland, it depends on the recent history of the generator.....if it has
>been
>laying around for years with out use, it will probably need polarizing or
>if
>you are changing polarity on the battery, you'll need to flash the
>field......this is easy, take a wire from the non-grounded lead of the
>battery, skin it back about an inch, then just touch it to the field
>terminal
>of the generator for a second....you'll get some sparks which is what you
>want...thats it!
>
>Terry in Oakland
>
>
>
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Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2002 2:18 pm
by Frank O_ The Mountain
In a message dated 7/4/02 09:45:32 Pacific Daylight Time,
digitaldon@hotmail.com writes:
>>
This method is a little hard on the cutout contact points as it puts a dead
short on the battery and the resistance of the dynamo armature creates very
little voltage drop to force current through the field coils.......I prefer
my method.
Terry
Re: Regulator problems f/TC
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2002 4:23 pm
by The Wilsons
>>
>>This method is a little hard on the cutout contact points as it puts a
dead
>>short on the battery....Terry
I had experience with this problem in my MGB. For some reason, the
cut-out relay once stuck in the closed position when the engine was shut
off. I was alerted to this only by a faint noise that sounded like a
pin dropped into a metal cup. This made me glance back at the dashboard
as I was getting out of the car. I saw the ammeter gauge indicating
full discharge. Not knowing what had happened, but fearing that there
could be a hundred or more amps going somewhere, I restarted the
engine. This brought the ammeter back to zero and I then disconnected
the battery with the engine running. I found the relay contacts had
welded together - not just stuck but really melted together.
I discovered that the sound that had prevented an inevitable fire was
made by the ammeter needle hitting the inside of the meter case! The
meter is not original - I had installed it some 15 years earlier when I
had trouble keeping the batteries charged. Little did I know why I
would really need it.
I replaced the entire regulator unit and also added a fusible link (big
fuse) to the charging circuit - in case my hearing becomes less acute in
the future. I'll vote for Terry's method of polarizing a generator and
leave the contacts alone. (And before my basket-case TC ever hits the
road again, it too will have a fuse in the generator circuit.) Russ Wilson