Good job. In the interest of informing all the hobbyists who follow us and read for information, please feel free to expend the effort to make a guess as to what the cause of your untold aggravation was. This will help them make better decisions. Was it rebuilt by a local shop or was it an exchange sort of thing that does cookie cutter rebuilds on a large scale?Bartoli wrote:Well, it's fixed.
I gave up on the generator, and generators in general. My local FLAPS gave me credit towards an alternator (cost of alternator minus what the rebuilt generator cost), so I opted for a new Bosch AL82. I found a good German alternator stand, swapped over the parts, changed some wiring, and done.
Light is on at engine start until the first throttle blip (which is normal by all accounts I have read). Battery voltage is ~13 volts at idle. No more GEN light.
I don't exactly know what went wrong or what was bad with what I had, but I'm leaning towards the rebuilt generator(s)... and I'm not really in the mood to find out. It works, time to drive.
Colin