[VintageLambo] Re: Espada overcharging

This is great.I"ll do as you suggest.Where are the regulators exactly?I"m not sure what they look like.Are they in that fenderwall maize?Rex --- In VintageLambo@yahoogroups.com, "vabene36 " wrote: > Rex:Disconnect the offending regulator before it fries your battery > and/or alternator (as mine had). > > The regulator is a Transpo IB301 and you can find it listed at > www.transpo.de/Catalog/Browse.htm.It is a standard Alfa part.On > my car, the left alternator and regulator were fine.The right > alternator was fried, and when I had it rebuilt, I got erratic > overcharging.It stopped when I pulled the plug on the right > regulator.(Turn the car off when plugging and unplugging.) > > Using only the known-good left regulator, I tried the alternators one > at a time and was able to rule them out as the cause.But when I > plugged the known-good left alternator into the right regulator the > problem came back.Cure: a new right regulator. > > Actually, being curious, I opened the bad one up and found a major > connection was cold-soldered and had come loose.That fixed, the > unit worked again but I wouldn"t recommend it if you can get a new > one, even if it doesn"t look quite like the original. So long as it > is made for Bosch, is nominally 12v (14.0 set point) and has the same > mounting tab, go for it. > > George Bullwinkel