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wensum · 12-20-2020, 05:31 PM

I've had all sorts of issues trying to get my speedster running properly and when local expert Errol, suggested looking at the ammeter, I found a similar result to that in the photo. With no fuse in the original wiring loom it can be the ammeter that fails when overloaded. Mine was a repo as I needed a 30 volt reading with an alternator, and it looks like the quality may not be up to the originals?
Somehow the points in my Mallory distributor fried themselves taking out the coil too. I can't comprehend how that happened, must have been a short, but replacing both (and the ammeter) has restored the motor to robust health.

12-20-2020, 05:31 PM	#8
wensum Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: New Zealand Posts: 444	Re: Hot Ammeter! I've had all sorts of issues trying to get my speedster running properly and when local expert Errol, suggested looking at the ammeter, I found a similar result to that in the photo. With no fuse in the original wiring loom it can be the ammeter that fails when overloaded. Mine was a repo as I needed a 30 volt reading with an alternator, and it looks like the quality may not be up to the originals? Somehow the points in my Mallory distributor fried themselves taking out the coil too. I can't comprehend how that happened, must have been a short, but replacing both (and the ammeter) has restored the motor to robust health.