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Mail From: mustang (Brandon Peskin)

Does anyone have a problem with their voltage regulator harness
shaking loose, and, without warning you're stranded somewhere with a
dead battery? This has happened to me twice now. Aside from strapping
a zip tie around the voltage regulator to hold it down is there any
other methods any of you use?


I'm about to go get a 1-wire from Mustangs Plus...I'm that frustrated

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Mail From: jlennard (jonathan lennard)

1 wire from Mustangs plus is nice...but watch out for the chrome pulley..it
slips..

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Mail From: jlennard (jonathan lennard)

1 wire from Mustangs plus is nice...but watch out for the chrome pulley..it
slips..

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Mail From: RRobaldo (Lance Robaldo)

Problem with the 1 wire alternators is that they don't work with your existing
AMP gauge.

Not that the AMP gauge is useful for anything at all, Volts would be much more
informative, but that's an issue that should be discussed on another thread.

But I can't say that I've experienced that problem. On both my 65 and 66, it
fits very tight and has never shaken off.


Lance Robaldo

Sr. Software Developer
WLT Software of Florida
RRobaldo at WLTSoftware.com
(727)442-9296

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Mail From: mustang (Brandon Peskin)


On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Lance Robaldo wrote:

> Problem with the 1 wire alternators is that they don't work with
> your existing
> AMP gauge.

I've got the idiot ALT light, ask me if I care if that thing works or
not ;-)


>
>
> Not that the AMP gauge is useful for anything at all, Volts would be
> much more
> informative, but that's an issue that should be discussed on another
> thread.


Exactly. I'm upgrading my gauges soon and will have a voltmeter.

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Mail From: mustang (Brandon Peskin)

Yeah I have a 70-amp tuff stuff externally regulated model right now
all chrome with a chrome pulley.

I wanted to `stay stock' and got a new electromechanical regulator
with it. Go figure.

On Feb 18, 2009, at 9:13 AM, jonathan lennard wrote:

> 1 wire from Mustangs plus is nice...but watch out for the chrome
> pulley..it
> slips..

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Mail From: jlennard (jonathan lennard)

If you have a new alternator, the gauge will only be showing you what you
know anyway. All is good.

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Mail From: mustangpaul (Paul Sawyer)

One place makes some sort of kit that allows one wires to work the ammeter.
Still, a working alt is better than a working ammeter! Plus, 90% of them
are burned out anyway.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:33 AM, jonathan lennard <jlennard at gmail.com>wrote:

> If you have a new alternator, the gauge will only be showing you what you
> know anyway. All is good.
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Mail From: RRobaldo (Lance Robaldo)

->Exactly. I'm upgrading my gauges soon and will have a voltmeter.

Yeah, me too. I'm tired of inaccurate & otherwise useless gauges. I'm
upgrading to a Nordskog all digital gauge panel (same one Scott Drake hawks as
their own, but I ordered directly from Nordkog - the manufacturer. I've been
waiting 3 months now for the backordered BLUE led's.

Lance Robaldo

Sr. Software Developer
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Mail From: nvrl8nmy68 (nvrl8nmy68)

Sorry to get in on your conversation, but I'm curious. If you switch to the
all digital gauges, can you avoid using the dash voltage regulator? I'm fed
up with messing with those. Spent $60 on an electronic one because all of
the new tweakable ones won't work with my 68. Would like to avoid that part
all together.

Julie

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Subject: Re: [CM] My voltage regulator connector...again

->Exactly. I'm upgrading my gauges soon and will have a voltmeter.

Yeah, me too. I'm tired of inaccurate & otherwise useless gauges. I'm
upgrading to a Nordskog all digital gauge panel (same one Scott Drake hawks
as
their own, but I ordered directly from Nordkog - the manufacturer. I've
been
waiting 3 months now for the backordered BLUE led's.

Lance Robaldo

Sr. Software Developer
WLT Software of Florida
RRobaldo at WLTSoftware.com
(727)442-9296


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Mail From: Andre.Pollard (Andre.Pollard

I modified my '68 system to work with a 135 amp 3G, retaining the amp meter
- as accurate as it was before, whatever that may be. It's a shunt type
ampmeter, and uses a length of ~ 2' length 12 ga wire as the shunt
resistor. I tore into the wiring harness and replaced that section with two
10 ga that were equivilent resistance. Also ran new wires into the cabin
for the power - running everything in the car off one 12 ga feed is risky -
and what caused the burning wires.

The ampmeter is not worth much as a monitoring guage, but I was tearing
into the wiring harness anyway to repolace some burnt wires, so... you
know how that snowball rolls downhill...
also ran e-fan, headlight relays feeding from fusebox under the hood,
future fogs, etc.

Andre



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One place makes some sort of kit that allows one wires to work the ammeter.
Still, a working alt is better than a working ammeter! Plus, 90% of them
are burned out anyway.

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:33 AM, jonathan lennard <jlennard at gmail.com>
wrote:
If you have a new alternator, the gauge will only be showing you what you
know anyway. All is good.


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Mail From: keven (Coates, Keven)

If you replaced all the gauges that needed the voltage regulator, sure, this would work.

My 0.02 is that the digital gauges work great for things not rapidly changing. I don't like them on MPH or RPM, but for water temp or oil pressure, that might be O.K. (50/50 on oil pressure, since it does change fairly rapidly with RPM if you have a real gauge that shows this).

Keven

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Subject: Re: [CM] My voltage regulator connector...again

Sorry to get in on your conversation, but I'm curious. If you switch to the
all digital gauges, can you avoid using the dash voltage regulator? I'm fed
up with messing with those. Spent $60 on an electronic one because all of
the new tweakable ones won't work with my 68. Would like to avoid that part
all together.

Julie

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