The Ford Barn

Shoovel · 07-26-2021, 01:54 PM

I’m helping out a friend who has a 55 TBird and it’s not charging.
It is a 6 volt + ground system. Unfortunately he does not have to much past info on the car. It has a fairly new looking generator and regulator and a new battery. I polorized the field, still no charge. It’s been a long long time since I worked on a generator system. I took the cover off of the regulator, no rust or corrosion. The generator puzzles me. It has a (F) terminal & (G) terminal on the side and then a larger wire on the back of the generator. I know the F is for field, what is the G terminal? What’s the best way to test the generator and regulator?
Thanks
Tom

07-26-2021, 01:54 PM	#1
Shoovel Member Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Milton Ontario Canada Posts: 83	55 TBird not charging I’m helping out a friend who has a 55 TBird and it’s not charging. It is a 6 volt + ground system. Unfortunately he does not have to much past info on the car. It has a fairly new looking generator and regulator and a new battery. I polorized the field, still no charge. It’s been a long long time since I worked on a generator system. I took the cover off of the regulator, no rust or corrosion. The generator puzzles me. It has a (F) terminal & (G) terminal on the side and then a larger wire on the back of the generator. I know the F is for field, what is the G terminal? What’s the best way to test the generator and regulator? Thanks Tom