Well, to bring this thread in for a soft landing, I found the following culprits:
Shorted battery
High brush resistance due to new rotor slip rings being coated with residue from the manufacturing process
A failed "Chrysler" regulator that left me pulling my hair when I kept getting zero output from my "new" components.
I was half suspecting the new led bulb of being a dead short somehow as all these things started happening directly after I installed it, but it wasn't the problem. It has failed me in another way, in that the high beam only comes on if I leave the headlight switch between high and low, but that's another story. LED bulbs let me down again!
Anyhow, in the interest of science, I decided to pull apart the failed regulator just to see what's inside.
Mostly, ummm.......sand...
From China Beach no doubt..
Pretty unimpressed by the amount of components in there.
Perhaps the sand is included to give it a certain "gravitas" so to speak. I wonder if the original Chrysler regulators from the 70s have a bit more meat in them? I seem to remember paying about $40 CAD from NAPA for this one. I replaced it with a $15 Wilson from them. I can't really see how many ways they could make this cheaper. I thought the Fiat regulator was suspiciously tiny, now I know why.
Where could they possibly cheap out?
Chinese Production Manager: "Hold my beer....."
Shorted battery
High brush resistance due to new rotor slip rings being coated with residue from the manufacturing process
A failed "Chrysler" regulator that left me pulling my hair when I kept getting zero output from my "new" components.
I was half suspecting the new led bulb of being a dead short somehow as all these things started happening directly after I installed it, but it wasn't the problem. It has failed me in another way, in that the high beam only comes on if I leave the headlight switch between high and low, but that's another story. LED bulbs let me down again!
Anyhow, in the interest of science, I decided to pull apart the failed regulator just to see what's inside.
Mostly, ummm.......sand...
From China Beach no doubt..
Pretty unimpressed by the amount of components in there.
Perhaps the sand is included to give it a certain "gravitas" so to speak. I wonder if the original Chrysler regulators from the 70s have a bit more meat in them? I seem to remember paying about $40 CAD from NAPA for this one. I replaced it with a $15 Wilson from them. I can't really see how many ways they could make this cheaper. I thought the Fiat regulator was suspiciously tiny, now I know why.
Where could they possibly cheap out?
Chinese Production Manager: "Hold my beer....."
