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JSeery · 03-01-2016, 02:25 PM

The Ford manuals list a number of voltage regulator test, have you performed these yet? A jumper from Armature to field would by-pass the voltage limiter, so it is possible that the voltage limiter is not working. The engine should run off of just the battery, so if the regulator is killing the engine it must be shorting out the ignition circuit.

03-01-2016, 02:25 PM	#2
JSeery Member Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Wichita KS Posts: 16,132	Re: 6 volt regulator kerfuffle The Ford manuals list a number of voltage regulator test, have you performed these yet? A jumper from Armature to field would by-pass the voltage limiter, so it is possible that the voltage limiter is not working. The engine should run off of just the battery, so if the regulator is killing the engine it must be shorting out the ignition circuit.