Random Post of the Day ( original post date 2021, March 19 )
1968 Ford XL Repairing Whilst Keeping It Roadworthy : 11 Electrical Mess
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 61 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 - 67 - 68 - 69 - 70 - 71 - 72 - 73 - 74I couldn't take the suspense anymore, there's a mystery module found the other week. It's some crazy voltage regulator with those fins and die-cast housing. I mean that was expensive to make. Oh but wait, there's the Ford voltage regulator right where it should be also and it's also connected... What the hell, yes there's dueling voltage regulators still connected.
Oh and do you also like the dueling vacuum cans. The big one is the cars original and disconnected, that smaller one does not belong on the car.
There's extraneous wiring coming off the back of the alternator, there's that harness for the "other" voltage regulator and must disturbing of all is the wiring looks like it's from an American Flyer train set.
The wiring is so bad on this car.
Here's another example. The wire for the compressor clutch is about 12" long. In that short span, it's been spliced together twice and has a scotch lock thing attached to it.
Here's the other voltage regulator that was still connected.
That "other" voltage regulator is spliced into the charging harness with the factory non-stick tape. This was done a long, long, long time ago. What's the point of 2 voltage regulators?! I also do not recognize the front case of that alternator. Could be just coincidence. I know there was a 65 amp Leece Neville alternator option, but that's neither the correct alternator case style nor voltage regulator case style.
Back to engine "FUN", err I mean ROT
