Voltage Regulator
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blue68
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Voltage Regulator
Is it okay if there is a thick layer of paint behind where my voltage regulator mounts to the radiator support? Will this cause a bad ground? My brand new battery wont keep a charge. Could this be why? (Everything else is new, alternator and wiring, etc..)
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flyboy2610
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re: Voltage Regulator
You want to have a good metal to metal contact, so I would clean off the paint around the mounting area. It doesn't have to be a big area.
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I always thought it grounded through the bolt holes.
atleast clean that area off good. With the terminal cleaner brush end.
atleast clean that area off good. With the terminal cleaner brush end.
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jor
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re: Voltage Regulator
I'm with rj. I don't see any reason to scrape off any paint behind the regulator. There is a ground that comes out of the loom there. Just make sure that it is good and sound.
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re: Voltage Regulator
I thought that there was a ground wire that attached to one of the screws and provided a ground for the regulator?
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blue68
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re: Voltage Regulator
I scraped off some paint, neatly, and sanded the surfaces and it made my battery start keeping a charge for the first time since my initial startup. Weird, huh? 
Thats a good thing, though.
Thats a good thing, though.-
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re: Voltage Regulator
Yea, that's the one I was talking about. At any rate, he got it fixed so it's moot now!I thought that there was a ground wire that attached to one of the screws and provided a ground for the regulator?
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