mikeydee
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- Hobart Tasmania
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- VB SL/E 310
Hi
I have recently bought a 11/78 VB SL/E 4.2 with e/windows and locking.
Car is 100% original , 125K with the original Uniroyal in the boot. Nor real rust apart from sitting under a tarp for 15 years. It is in Atlantis blue with Light
blue velour. The only thing I will do at this point is re paint it as the colour has gone off. Doo need a spare wheel well --- are they available ??? Rare spares dont have them.
My problem is that when I start it I get a very high charge rate , 17 volts+ indicated on the guage --- though I don't really trust it. , and then the charge drops
and the load on the altenator drops as well ( audible). If I try the windows at high charge they work OK at low charge very slowly. Similarly the fuel gauge reads differently.
Is there a problem with the regulators internally in the altenator or could it be a relay problem. I have heard clicking , LHS firewall but can't locate it.
Any ideas???
I grew up with these cars ---- my Dad was a director of Sydney Atkinsons in Perth. I remember their launch and indeed the smell of a new one. Dad's company car was a white SL/E with dark red interior.
Going to school in that car --- I was the coolest kid in class. He also had a shadow tone VC Beige and Bronze. Memories
Thanks
I have recently bought a 11/78 VB SL/E 4.2 with e/windows and locking.
Car is 100% original , 125K with the original Uniroyal in the boot. Nor real rust apart from sitting under a tarp for 15 years. It is in Atlantis blue with Light
blue velour. The only thing I will do at this point is re paint it as the colour has gone off. Doo need a spare wheel well --- are they available ??? Rare spares dont have them.
My problem is that when I start it I get a very high charge rate , 17 volts+ indicated on the guage --- though I don't really trust it. , and then the charge drops
and the load on the altenator drops as well ( audible). If I try the windows at high charge they work OK at low charge very slowly. Similarly the fuel gauge reads differently.
Is there a problem with the regulators internally in the altenator or could it be a relay problem. I have heard clicking , LHS firewall but can't locate it.
Any ideas???
I grew up with these cars ---- my Dad was a director of Sydney Atkinsons in Perth. I remember their launch and indeed the smell of a new one. Dad's company car was a white SL/E with dark red interior.
Going to school in that car --- I was the coolest kid in class. He also had a shadow tone VC Beige and Bronze. Memories
Thanks