Voltage Regulator Rebuild
Can you refer me to who restores voltage regulators now? I have a date coded unit for a '68. Thanks!
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Bill Hyndman
The 'Sound of Freedom' if not a UH-60 Blackhawk, then it must be a Corvette!
1962 Big Brake Fuelie
1965 Fuelie Convertible
1968 L89 Convertible
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Re: Voltage Regulator Rebuild
Have you thought about putting a solid state conversion kit in it? They are not that hard to do, comes with really good instructions. Even I can do it.
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I'm going with that idea. That's the plan. Thanks!Bill Hyndman
The 'Sound of Freedom' if not a UH-60 Blackhawk, then it must be a Corvette!
1962 Big Brake Fuelie
1965 Fuelie Convertible
1968 L89 Convertible
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where to get one gary? are they available for c-1 voltage regulators as well as the c2 regulators? thanks and happy new year, mikeComment
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I sold two of the rare C1 solid state voltage regulators when I sold my '61, there was only one elderly gent in the Northeat who made them at the time and he passed 4-5 years back.. My 61 was the prototype he used to do the first design. Member Tom Parsons has a couple IIRC. Here is a picture of the prototype. I don't know if there is any other source for them
As to converting the C2, you can buy a prebuilt conversion or do one yourself that will pass judging as I did; here is the article.
The 1963 2J dated unit in the article is on my shelf if anybody needs one; these conversion are good to 135 amps if they use the Wells VR-715 board.
Many places are out of the conversion kits but these folks seem to have them:
https://www.corvettepacifica.com/pro...ion-kit-63-68/Last edited by Frank D.; January 11, 2022, 07:54 AM.Comment
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Corvette Central sells a kit.Part #592024, $59.95
Gary B
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thanks gary. does the kit affect ammeter's actions during a PV? regards, mikeComment
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I don't remember... It's been awhile since I did one, maybe 2-years? A 63 was the last I did. I know the voltage running was higher, 12.9V. Headlights were brighter. I don't have a car around here to test, other than my 68. And it's kind of buried in the front of two other cars.
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CC is $15 more than the source I cited above...same kit...Comment
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A test voltage is shown in the conversion article I posted above...at about 850 RPM.....headlights on low beam and heater blower on high..
As to the PV - there should be no visible difference...after years of driving with both mechanical and then solid state I noticed nothing dissimilar.Comment
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frank: i was concerned that the amp needle would bounce in a different manner than the needle with original type volt regulator. thanks, mikeComment
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Yes I get it Mike - some have said that the needle response would be detectably "snappy" with the solid state V/R, that's simply not so.
As with the originals, the needle moves smoothly left or right depending on load but spends most of its time (on a car with a healhy batter and chraging system at near "0". My conversion passed regional ops checks but I've never done a PV..Comment
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thanks frank. i can just see the peckerhead from augusta displeased if amp needle doesn't work like he thinks it should. mikeComment
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Mike, the problem with the early C-2 Vettes is that the damping effect on the Amp meter is defective. It is dampened by fluid internally and as time goes on the fluid evaporates and the pointer goes wild when on a bumpy road or the lights come on.
If that is the problem you need a new Amp Gauge anyway.
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thanks joe. can the dampening fluid re[placable in an old gauge that otherwise works fine? mikeComment
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