Re: Generator Troubleshooting
A three pole regulator as stock equipment on a 46 Ford should have two screws holding the cap that covers the poles and there is usually a gasket to keep the moisture out. The pole that is connected to the Bat terminal is the cut out. The other two poles are the current limiter and voltage regulator. You won't need to pull the cover for polarization but you will to insure the cut out points aren't stuck or fouled in some way.
The shop manuals instruct to polarize at the regulater as mentioned previously but the main thing is that the generator's field gets connected to the power source end of the battery momentarily whether the connection is made at the VR or at the Gen doesn't matter so much as long as the field gets flashed.
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