Finally finished the hydraulics overhaul on my Ford 3000 this morning. Had a little trouble getting it started, replaced the fuel filter but the book didn't tell me I also needed to bleed the injector pump. All it said was to bleed the filter, hard lesson. In any case I had a battery charger connected to it when it started, not sure if the charger had anything to with it or not but now the generator light stays on.
The IT manual is pretty much worthless except it does have a wiring diagram. I haven't worked on a generator charging circuit since the early 60's and am pretty much at a loss as to how to trouble shoot the charging circuit. Have a good meter and am pretty good with electrical stuff but don't want to jump in blindly and mess something up that may not be broke.
Can someone run through a basic troubleshooting procedure for a generator charging circuit? Like can I just stick 12 volts on the field to see if the generator is working without smoking anything? How does one determine if the regulator is working?
thanks
Bob
The IT manual is pretty much worthless except it does have a wiring diagram. I haven't worked on a generator charging circuit since the early 60's and am pretty much at a loss as to how to trouble shoot the charging circuit. Have a good meter and am pretty good with electrical stuff but don't want to jump in blindly and mess something up that may not be broke.
Can someone run through a basic troubleshooting procedure for a generator charging circuit? Like can I just stick 12 volts on the field to see if the generator is working without smoking anything? How does one determine if the regulator is working?
thanks
Bob