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Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:14 pm

Just put in a brand new bosch generator into my 71. I polarized the setup and almost for too long. I held the wire on for about 3 seconds then it started to smoke :!:

Anyway now that its in I have a problem. It makes a clicking or tapping noise. Almost a grinding, but not grinding. It sounds kind of like something is loose and ratteling. I can hear it on the end closest to the pulley wheel. I have taken the wheel back off, but can't see anything? I would just figure its another noise, but is loud enough to make me not want to continue to run the engine.

Any ideas on this? I wonder if the ball bearings got flattened from it sitting for too long? Anyway I need to get it fixed before I take off on a trip with it so it doesn't blow up on the road.

Also, I checked the voltage, 15+ at idle, so it is actually working. Another oddity is that it sparks at the brushes a little which I initially thought was the cause of the clicking/rattling sound. Now Im just wondering if there is a stupid fix or do I just take it back a and pick up another new one.

Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:06 am

The clicking is probably the brushes, and the sparking is because they haven't seated fully yet. As long as it's charging OK, run it 100-200 miles and check it again. What kind of warranty did you get with it? 90 days, 1 year? If it's still in warranty you should be covered down the road.

Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:48 pm

Excellent! I hope that is it. I will run it for a while and keep a good eye on it. I have checked everything, the bold in the back, the fan, everything. If it doesn't go away I guess I will take it back and get another one.

Thanks.