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Re: [T3] I fear I smoked somethig expensive.


On Sat, 29 May 2004 09:16:12 -0500, Russ Wolfe wrote:

>On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 09:06, Mark Healey wrote:
>> In my search for my scary sound I loosened my generator and failed to
>> tighten it enough.  Later I'm going down the road and my gen light
>> comes on.  I stop and open the compartment and the generator has
>> slipped and grounded one of its contacts to the cooling tin.
>>
>> I managed to get home on the battery.
>>
>> Anyway the red light now stays on.
>>
>> Did I kill something expensive like my radiator?  Or, is there some
>> hidden in-line fuse I could check?
>>
>Which terminal grounded out? The D+ or the DF?? If it was the DF, you
>may have damaged the regulator. If it was the D+ you probably damaged
>the generator.
>Either way, it is not good news.

It was DF and someone is going to sell me a regulator for $10.00.  I
love getting off cheap.



Mark Healey
71 FI auto square
71 FI manual square
marksvw@healeyonline.com


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