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nosmog68
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 12/06
Posted: 12/31/06
09:58 PM

I need info on swappin a generator to an alternator on a 62 rambler. i dont know what  to do with all the wires on the old voltage regulator. i did this on a 68 chev pickup but that was along time ago.  


 
283ci
User | Posts: 155 | Joined: 02/04
Posted: 01/03/07
02:06 AM

My '65 Rambler didn't have a generator but it did have an alternator with a voltage regulator.  When my voltage regulator went bad and I couldn't find a replacement I swapped in a GM style one-wire "self exciting"  alternator.  As per the instructions of the old guy that sold it to me, I simply ran a wire from the output of the alternator to the positive side of the battery. That was about 8 years ago and it has always worked.  I just simply left all the voltage regulator wires hanging, not hooked up to anything. The dummy light didn't come on like I was afraid it would.  I just had to grind the housing of the alternator to fit the bracket.  I am currently restoring my Rambler.  Chek it out at:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/726781

You can see the wire going to the battery terminal in the last picture.

 

 
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