Generator in '64
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Generator in '64
When I installed a new 223 engine in my '64 F-100, I think I may have reversed the field wires on the generator. I'm installing a new voltage regulator. How do I make sure I have the wires right on the generator? Any color coding on the wires is completely faded.
"Mifflin Clay"
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From: Mifflin, PA
Trace them from the regulator. If I'm not mistaken, (IF I am someone will correct me!) the regulator is marked F & A for field and Armature. Generator should be also. Just follow or "ring out" the wires with a test light before installing. Incidentally, you should "flash" the generator when you install it.
If memory serves, it was an instantaneous connection from battery + to field terminal, causing a momentary current to magnetize the field poles. (Boy, am I going back for that one).
If memory serves, it was an instantaneous connection from battery + to field terminal, causing a momentary current to magnetize the field poles. (Boy, am I going back for that one).
"Mifflin Clay"
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From: Mifflin, PA
Originally Posted by jethro1
Thanks, alchymist. I think the procedure for "flashing" the generator is covered in the shop manual. "ring out"??
