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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 | Would someone please share which post s the field post, and which is the armature, n the generator? Also confirm the voltage regulator ? The wiring diagram is not clear.
Steve
'46 Chevrolet 1/2 T. Pickup, survivor - sold
'31 Ford Model A pickup
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | see if this tech tip helps you might also check the tech tip section to see if they may help, are you asking about your 46 chevy?
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~ Peggy M 1949 Chevrolet 3804"Charlie" - The Stovebolt FlagshipIn the Gallery || In the Gallery Forum"I didn't see this one coming. I don't see much of anything coming. :-O" | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Does your generator have a spring steel band around the housing on the opposite end from the pulley, or is the housing solid? If it's got the band, remove it and look for the terminal post that is connected to one of the brushes with a flexible pigtail wire. That one is the Armature lead. The same information can be learned by removing the rear plate of the solid-housing generator, but be careful that the pieces don't fall apart- - -the through-bolts hold both ends on.
Jerry
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 | This is a Delco-Remy generator, stock, with two post n the back. What I need to know is the outboard, or driver's side, the field or armature post. I need to connect the proper post correctly to he voltage reg.
Steve
'46 Chevrolet 1/2 T. Pickup, survivor - sold
'31 Ford Model A pickup
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Steve
'46 Chevrolet 1/2 T. Pickup, survivor - sold
'31 Ford Model A pickup
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,321 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,321 | Steve,
I believe Jerry answered this question in his post above.
Only you know if your has a band on it or is solid.
Harold
Harold
Is a restoration ever finished? | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,624 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,624 | Guys, I think he is saying he has a non adjustable output generator and just needs to know which wires go where from the two posts to the regulator.
Six volt guy living in a twelve volt world
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | It's possible to reverse the connections inside the generator housing during a rebuild. the only surefire way to tell which way to connect the wiring is to:
LOOK AT THE BRUSH WIRING like I suggested!
Since the only person who can do that is our new guy, any more discussion is moot. I've seen these generators set up both ways!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 190 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 190 | The generator case will have a "F" stamped into the housing under one post. This is the Field terminal and will go to your "F" or Fld. terminal on the regulator. The other terminal on the generator will have a "A" stamped in the case under the terminal. This is the armature terminal and it will go to the "ARM" terminal on the regulator.
Ken | | | | | Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 | Thanks, Ken. That's is close to what I was looking for. I was hoping it was as simple as...."the outboard post is the xxxx".
Steve
'46 Chevrolet 1/2 T. Pickup, survivor - sold
'31 Ford Model A pickup
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2015 Posts: 60 |
Steve
'46 Chevrolet 1/2 T. Pickup, survivor - sold
'31 Ford Model A pickup
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