Hi all,
I have a question for anyone knowledgable on the the subject. I have a 1977 fxe that has never held a charge since i got it. Checked all loose and pinched wires for drains and moved to the charging system after testing is with a voltmeter. With a charged battery it will run pretty strong but put some stress on it ( a handful of miles or god forbid turning the headlight on) and it will eventually sputter out and be unable to start/run. It can't maintain 13 v in the battery when its running so my thought was to swap out the regulator after troubleshooting the stator as described in the clymer manual. Here is where my trouble confusion arises: I ordered one from jp cycle, it comes (as do all compatible regulators for 76-80 model on their site) with no prongs on the regulator side (female connection). The regulator i bought the bike with has male on the regulator and female on the stator/case side. So this one I bought seems like it wont be compatible. I tried slipping two appropriate length piece of 3/32 stainless welding filler rod to bridge the gap between the two females but still does not seem to be charging the battery- the connection with this seemed close but could have been not tight enough. (When mic'd the prongs read 11/100's of an inch when 3/32 is a bit short of 10/100.)
My question with this to anyone whos been around old harleys for years is was it at all common to swap out the entire charging system for those of later models when say the stator hit the bed? From what i can see the 1980+ models had prongs coming from the stator and female on the regulator side. Also what are the differences in these regulator besides this reversal of connections? Seems my next option is to buy one 1980+ with prongs but im wondering if anyone could enlighten me prior.
thanks, samuel
I have a question for anyone knowledgable on the the subject. I have a 1977 fxe that has never held a charge since i got it. Checked all loose and pinched wires for drains and moved to the charging system after testing is with a voltmeter. With a charged battery it will run pretty strong but put some stress on it ( a handful of miles or god forbid turning the headlight on) and it will eventually sputter out and be unable to start/run. It can't maintain 13 v in the battery when its running so my thought was to swap out the regulator after troubleshooting the stator as described in the clymer manual. Here is where my trouble confusion arises: I ordered one from jp cycle, it comes (as do all compatible regulators for 76-80 model on their site) with no prongs on the regulator side (female connection). The regulator i bought the bike with has male on the regulator and female on the stator/case side. So this one I bought seems like it wont be compatible. I tried slipping two appropriate length piece of 3/32 stainless welding filler rod to bridge the gap between the two females but still does not seem to be charging the battery- the connection with this seemed close but could have been not tight enough. (When mic'd the prongs read 11/100's of an inch when 3/32 is a bit short of 10/100.)
My question with this to anyone whos been around old harleys for years is was it at all common to swap out the entire charging system for those of later models when say the stator hit the bed? From what i can see the 1980+ models had prongs coming from the stator and female on the regulator side. Also what are the differences in these regulator besides this reversal of connections? Seems my next option is to buy one 1980+ with prongs but im wondering if anyone could enlighten me prior.
thanks, samuel
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