voltage regulator repair

slantsixdan said
Me, I stay away from the Wells-branded ignition and electrical parts. Construction too cheap/reliability insufficient, in my experience, for my taste. I'd rather buy one good regulator than two mediocre ones (one to keep in the trunk for a spare when the first one fails). Standard-BlueStreak VR-128 or NAPA-Echlin VR-1001 is the premium solid-state regulator for the pre-'70 Mopar charging systems. They cost more than the Wells unitfor a good reason; now more than ever you seldom ever get more than you pay for in auto parts.

And as for Duralast garbage: None for me, thanks, I'm driving.

I have been using Wells parts for as long as I can remember and have never had an issue with any of them.

Wells is located in Wisconsin and has been manufacturing automotive parts since the mid 50's there. They also have a plant in Mexico where the plastic molded parts come from and some of the sensor manufacturing occurs.

Wells has been a part of the US automotive parts manufacturing for almost as long as Standard Motor Products that owns the Blue Streak and Echlin brands. SMP manufactures parts in the US as well as Mexico and Poland.

Duralast is just a store brand that Autozone has. All Duralast parts are made by someone else including Wells and SMP.