battery. There was a melted wire going down into the fan shroud, and
Ive been putting off fixing it for months. It ran fine, just wouldnt
charge. So this weekend I decided to bust it open and find out what
happened..
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(you can use the zoom button to get a closeup of the damage)
It looks like something, probably the coil pack clamp bolt (missing)
got down into the backside of the flywheel/fan and into the stator of
the battery charging generator (alternator?)
One of the leads was melted all the way back to the stator and melted
off the solid state gizmo (voltage regulator?), and some of the
windings had gotten mighty toasty. Ohmed windings to the laminations
shows a dead short..and with the bashed laminations, its not
suprising.
I figure I can use a dremal tool and cut off the bashed lamination
sections, and get them out of the winding insulation. what do i do
for some sort of "dope' to paint over the bare/dinged etc etc
windings?
Im going to have to make up a crimp and crimp on a new wire to replace
the burned away one and then put both wires into some sort of sheath
material. The original vinyl sheath having melted away and needed
cutting away.
It didnt do the magnets on the inside of the flywheel all that much
good either, but they are plastic type magnets and for the most part
are all there and nothing is loose, after I took out the busted
chunks...cringe....
If I have to..I could rewind the entire stator..it doesnt look all
that complicated....but the laminations were covered with a thin layer
of black plastic before being wound...might require wrapping with
paper? and rewinding over them......
I dont know how much Lincoln wants for a new assembly...but its gotta
be damned expensive...so its field expediant repair or nothing.
All you coil winding tranformer making electicamal types gots some
seegestions?
thanks
Gunner
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