Not necessarily true in all cases! Sometimes a Generator will motor but will not produce any voltage. Tom Wesenberg was describing one he had. Wish I could help you more, but I've just had my "FUN" with a dead generator too. It turned out to be the armature ($99)
Terry
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Originally Posted by reek29
Hello, all.
I have a 1931 coupe, all stock that is giving me fits. The generator will not charge. It was charging just fine then all of a sudden quit. I am getting nothing from the output stud and when I jump the cutout the points close. When I disconnect the fan belt and run a wire from the negative battery terminal to the generator output the generator motors just fine. I disconnected the cutout wire and still can't get a voltage reading, except maybe background voltage of maybe half a volt. I'm testing with a digital meter so the background voltage may not be that accurate.
On all my other generators I assumed that if the generator motors, it is good.
Any thoughts?
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