[T3] Red Light ON!!

["Jaranson, John (J.W.)" <jjaranso@ford.com>]

My generator light popped on this morning on the way to work.  It is raining hard so I have not investigated yet.  The light has always glowed a bit if I have my headlights on or the wipers or both.  It glowed a bit brighter when I hit the brakes.  It is still the original 6 volt system and this never seemed to be a problem.

I have recently replaced the brushes and did have to file them down a bit to get them to fit in the holders without hanging up.

So this morning I am driving to work with the lights on and I pull up to a stoplight...as soon as I hit the brake pedal, the generator lights pops on full bright.  It did not go off when I released the brakes and turned off my headlights.  Stayed on over the few remaining blocks to work too.

I will check the belt and brushes when the rain lets up.  Anything else I should check?  Just seemed so sudden and coincident with me hitting the brake pedal and adding more electrical load to the system, that I wondered if there was something else that it could be.

TIA.

Later,
John Jaranson
'71 FI Auto Fasty (Jane)
'66 Square (Sophy)
About Half a Late Square (Organ Donor)
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/jaransonT3/

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