We did all that at Sun-n-Fun to no avail... The Generator that was on the
airplane was taken to a shop in Lakeland and pronounced "burnt". It wasn't.
New generator and new voltage regulator were "matched up" to no avail but the
process was hampered by trying to work on the regulaor under the baggage
compartment while the repair- or was "upside down and backwards" trying to work
in the baggage compartment. We finally wised up this year and took the voltage
regulator out, attached long wires to it so we could work on it in the cockpit
with the engine running. It was a eureka moment and we figured out what was
wrong.
Bart
PS. Taking a generator off and taking it to a generator shop is tricky. You
have tell them it is a starter from an air boat or a lot of shops won't work on
it.
--- In [email protected], "Percy" <percy.w...@...> wrote:
>
> "At Sun-n-Fun, I installed a new voltage regulator and found a
> working generator at the Fly Market and installed it. Neither fixed it."
>
> In my A&P school, they taught that the generator and the regulator were a
> set. Take `em both off and bring them to an ol' timey auto generator/starter
> repair shop. Have `em both gone through and adjusted; add points, turn
> commutator, as needed. Reinstall.
> Percy in NM, USA
>
