hi, the ends of the brushes should be shiny where they are rubbing on the slip rings. i`ve come across this problem where only one brush was making contact(shiny) and the other had a dull,matt finish to it.
sometimes , to get out of trouble, if the brush(s) isnt making contact, you can bend the little bit of metal over where the copper wire coming out the brush is soldered to it, to let the brush stick out a bit more so it will make contact.(there is a spring behind each brush to keep it in contact with the sliprings.) mark k ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Elsner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: Re: Bluey Charge light coming on > G'day > > I've had a similar problem in my car it eventually died. I thought it > was the regulator, but after buying a new one it still happened. I > ended up pulling apart the alternator & putting new brushes in. I think > the problem was that because I was driving in dusty, rough conditions, > the brushes got stuck up with no contact on the alternator. After I > overhauled & cleaned the alternator & put new brushes it worked smick. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > HI Fellow datters > > My 81 bluey's charge light came on the other day after I started her. > > I had driven her for a week, and got in her a 5:45 am and the charge > > light came on and stayed on for about 2 mins maybe more. It did > > eventually go out and when it did I am sure I herd a click or > > something like it from under the bonnet. From memory this means the > > alternator is charging correctly is it? and can be a regulator or > > something? do you think it is anything to worry about? has come on > > before but only very briefly. > > Cheers > > Ryan > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get less junk mail with ninemsn Premium. Click here > > http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp > > > > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
