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Posted by Pete C. on September 15, 2008, 3:54 pm
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Gunner Asch wrote:
>
> that lincoln Ranger 9 I got some months ago wouldnt charge the
> battery. There was a melted wire going down into the fan shroud, and
> Ive been putting off fixing it for months. It ran fine, just wouldnt
> charge. So this weekend I decided to bust it open and find out what
> happened..
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/Ranger9#
>
> (you can use the zoom button to get a closeup of the damage)
>
> It looks like something, probably the coil pack clamp bolt (missing)
> got down into the backside of the flywheel/fan and into the stator of
> the battery charging generator (alternator?)
>
> One of the leads was melted all the way back to the stator and melted
> off the solid state gizmo (voltage regulator?), and some of the
> windings had gotten mighty toasty. Ohmed windings to the laminations
> shows a dead short..and with the bashed laminations, its not
> suprising.
>
> I figure I can use a dremal tool and cut off the bashed lamination
> sections, and get them out of the winding insulation. what do i do
> for some sort of "dope' to paint over the bare/dinged etc etc
> windings?
>
> Im going to have to make up a crimp and crimp on a new wire to replace
> the burned away one and then put both wires into some sort of sheath
> material. The original vinyl sheath having melted away and needed
> cutting away.
>
> It didnt do the magnets on the inside of the flywheel all that much
> good either, but they are plastic type magnets and for the most part
> are all there and nothing is loose, after I took out the busted
> chunks...cringe....
>
> If I have to..I could rewind the entire stator..it doesnt look all
> that complicated....but the laminations were covered with a thin layer
> of black plastic before being wound...might require wrapping with
> paper? and rewinding over them......
>
> I dont know how much Lincoln wants for a new assembly...but its gotta
> be damned expensive...so its field expediant repair or nothing.
>
> All you coil winding tranformer making electicamal types gots some
> seegestions?
DIY is nice, but I suspect if you can find an electric motor shop (you
can find anything, right?) they may be able to do the whole job faster,
cheaper and with less hassle.
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> that lincoln Ranger 9 I got some months ago wouldnt charge the
> battery. There was a melted wire going down into the fan shroud, and
> Ive been putting off fixing it for months. It ran fine, just wouldnt
> charge. So this weekend I decided to bust it open and find out what
> happened..
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/gunnerasch/Ranger9#
>
> (you can use the zoom button to get a closeup of the damage)
>
> It looks like something, probably the coil pack clamp bolt (missing)
> got down into the backside of the flywheel/fan and into the stator of
> the battery charging generator (alternator?)
>
> One of the leads was melted all the way back to the stator and melted
> off the solid state gizmo (voltage regulator?), and some of the
> windings had gotten mighty toasty. Ohmed windings to the laminations
> shows a dead short..and with the bashed laminations, its not
> suprising.
>
> I figure I can use a dremal tool and cut off the bashed lamination
> sections, and get them out of the winding insulation. what do i do
> for some sort of "dope' to paint over the bare/dinged etc etc
> windings?
>
> Im going to have to make up a crimp and crimp on a new wire to replace
> the burned away one and then put both wires into some sort of sheath
> material. The original vinyl sheath having melted away and needed
> cutting away.
>
> It didnt do the magnets on the inside of the flywheel all that much
> good either, but they are plastic type magnets and for the most part
> are all there and nothing is loose, after I took out the busted
> chunks...cringe....
>
> If I have to..I could rewind the entire stator..it doesnt look all
> that complicated....but the laminations were covered with a thin layer
> of black plastic before being wound...might require wrapping with
> paper? and rewinding over them......
>
> I dont know how much Lincoln wants for a new assembly...but its gotta
> be damned expensive...so its field expediant repair or nothing.
>
> All you coil winding tranformer making electicamal types gots some
> seegestions?