My point was if you have "been there and done that" ,the generator is what you really need to be looking for. Tom just spent three weeks going at it with regulators. When he at last pulled the generator off it is to see why the windings were toast. He spent three weeks in denial and bought 3 different regulators ,four if you count the 3000 mile old original. He couldn't bring himself to believe his brand new rebuilt VW generator was history already. I even offered ,very early on to loan him the generator from one of my looframes .Heck, what are the odds of getting Three bad reulators in a row ? All from different sources ! BTW Tom does have a decent looking Marrelli generator core . It is probably in working condition .He even has a matching regulator. I don't beliewe he plans on using them . Might be worth asking! ( That is Tom BOWES - owner /operator of "Cedar" he is a member of this group. John Prusnek wrote:
Did that , been there, still dead. John Prusnek
Gary wrote:
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.