Voltage Regulator install..driving me nuts

SlowToady · 09-18-2005, 07:14 AM

So in the process of ridding myself of electrial gremlins I took the Voltage Regulator out. It appears to be shot, or at least the brushes do, but nobody around here carries it(!) and I HAVE to have my car tomorrow. Actually, today..but anyway.

The problem: the brush closest to the back is really loose, and every time I go to put the regulator in, the brush falls forward . I'm kinda thinking it's not supposed to do that, but I can't seem to get it in without it doing that. Am I right? Is this thing hashed? What's going to happen if I put it in and the brush is fallen forward? How much **** am I going to break then?

Thanks,
Quickly Getting Frustrated
aka, Slow~

SlowToady · 09-18-2005, 08:20 AM

Well it doesn't matter now...I broke the brush trying to put it in. It was all loose and weak and what not, and I caught it on a piece of the alternator and broke the brush. Ooops.

Can't wait till my dad gets home and realizes he can't put the BMW in the garage. I'm so dead...

bryanthompson · bryanthompson's Garage

The way the regular fits in, it goes in at an angle and then snaps up. It felt a little unnatural to me, but it works.

Hopefully you can find another one pretty quick. I'm sure AutoZone can get one to you next-day.

Macfreak007 · 09-18-2005, 09:21 AM

if you think this is the last time that '44 is gonna be stuck in the garage, then you've got the wrong car.... hahahaaha

SlowToady · 09-18-2005, 09:37 AM

AutZone said they'd have to send it in..take like 3 days. All the other parts stores said the same thing, I couldn't believe it.

Eh it was stuck in the garage for a LOT longer:-P See I don't care, but my dad, after getting home from Minnesota, is going to care. Guess I didn't inhereit the mechanic jeans. Oh well, the alternator shop has a spare and I'm picking it up tomorrow.