Which electrical post?
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Laughing Gas
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From: Chino, California
Which electrical post?
Hey all,
My son has a 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 with a 352 V8 2BBL. The other day his generator and voltage regulator decided they wanted to fry themselves. It has been 45 years or more since I have worked on a car that old and I cannot for the life of me remember where the condenser for the voltage reg attaches.
It has three electrical attaching posts marked Arm, Field, and Batt. I believe it needs to go to the armature post since it is from the generator's brushes and commutator and they are the BIG noise producers. He thinks it was mounted to the regulator's grounding screw, but that doesn't seem right to me.
In any event, I don't think he needs it at all since he has no radio yet
I've scoured the web for pics and diagrams. No diagram includes a condenser except at the distributor's ignition points, the new reg doesn't even mention a condenser in the install sheet.
Anyone out there no where to attach the condenser's lead? Thanks for your help.
My son has a 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 with a 352 V8 2BBL. The other day his generator and voltage regulator decided they wanted to fry themselves. It has been 45 years or more since I have worked on a car that old and I cannot for the life of me remember where the condenser for the voltage reg attaches.
It has three electrical attaching posts marked Arm, Field, and Batt. I believe it needs to go to the armature post since it is from the generator's brushes and commutator and they are the BIG noise producers. He thinks it was mounted to the regulator's grounding screw, but that doesn't seem right to me.
In any event, I don't think he needs it at all since he has no radio yet
I've scoured the web for pics and diagrams. No diagram includes a condenser except at the distributor's ignition points, the new reg doesn't even mention a condenser in the install sheet.
Anyone out there no where to attach the condenser's lead? Thanks for your help.
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From: tujunga, calif
On some of my older cars with a generator and regulator the condenser is on the generator attached to the ARM post, so I would assume if it had one by the regulator I would think it would also go to the ARM terminal. Not needed if no radio..
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Laughing Gas
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Thanks. I thought that was the most logical terminal. We opted to not use the condenser after all. Started it up and no gen light! So our rewire job must have been spot on. I can't believe what they charge these days for a condenser. Anyway we are all smiles now!
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