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Originally Posted by koates
Phil, the first part of your post is totally incorrect for a ford generator. Do not ground the field terminal at the regulator as it could cause damage to the regulator. The second part of your post is the correct method to test the ford system. REMOVE the field wire from its terminal on the voltage regulator and move it over to the armature terminal (NOT BATTERY TERMINAL) and place under the terminal screw. Start and rev the engine up to about 2000 Rpm which will allow the generator to charge flat out with a high ammeter charge showing if the generator is OK. What this does is bypass the voltage and current controls in the regulator but still has the cutout in the circuit. If the cutout is faulty then of course there will be no charge. The cutout can be temporally be bypassed by connecting the regulator battery wire over to the armature terminal an repeat the test whilst leaving the field wire still connected there also. If there is still no charge then the generator is faulty. Try that and report back your results. Regards, Kevin.
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Kevin
Thanks for the clarification on this. Will check it out as per the 2nd part of the post.
Phil NZ