Re: Tapping Regulator?

[stans4@ix.netcom.com (Stan Schaefer)]

You will normally get some clicking from the regulator, there's a
couple of relays in there, after all.  Are we talking clicking as in
hanging up the phone or are we talking castenets?  I would suggest you
do some tests ala Bentley and get back to us.  There's a number of
things that could cause the voltage regulator to chatter, one of them
being a bad ground at the hold down bolts.  My regulator is very
quiet, I can't recall hearing it at all with the back seat down  If
the pull-in and drop-out voltages are close to being correct, you
probably don't have anything to worry about, but you really need to do
the tests with a good voltmeter.  Do the normal batttery manitenance
thing, clean the terminals, etc. before you do the tests..

On Sat, 11 Oct 1997 23:36:38 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:

>Hey gang,
>I've finally pinpointed the tapping sound coming from the rear of my
>Fastback.  It seems that the voltage regulator makes a tapping sound
>(increasing with RPMs) if I'm not using any of the lights, horn, etc.  It
>goes away when I put on the brakes (brake lights), turn signals, lights, etc.
> What can I expect now?  Small explosion under my backseat?  I hope not.
> Anything I can do with it?  Thanks.
>
>Cayson Ellsworth
>68 Fastback
>72 Super
>71 Ghia Vert (4 sale)