[T3] Another Generator bites the dust

["Martinez, Leon" <martinezl@ftscpac.navy.mil>]

Well I finished fixing my car on Friday and the generator decided 
to fall apart, one of the copper segments on the comutator fell off
and tore apart one of the brush mounts and the comutator wires.

I got another generator from the junkyard shortly after, the generator
pile is getting high in my basement , I guess I have to get them 
repaired eventually.

Why did this happen ? Did the oil blowing through the generator 
desolve the glue that holds the copper segments ? 

My car is fixed, no more oil through the generator.

In my experience, I have found that the generator is a weak link in the 
engine even though it is very easy to service, I have not had a generator 
that gives me months of troublefree service, maybe it is me or the 
amount of driving, heck I even burned up the comutator contacts 
on a Bosch rebuild . I do polarize all my generators and have them run 
like a motor for a second. All wiring checks out with no shorts or load,
the 'new' generator seems to working fine right now .

LEON MARTINEZ

SAN DIEGO AND TIJUANA

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