Ammeter pegged...

Hey guys - It's been a while since I've worked on this problem because I had to deal with a radiator leak. The radiator is all good now. So I'm back on this.

I took El Scampo to a dragstrip on 3/29, Friday night. The insulation tape on the fuel line wasn't enough, I'm still getting vapor lock. Which is beside the point, but I'm chasing that down too. Resisting getting a low pressure electric pump. Anywho...

What I wanted to say was, on the way down there, and most of the ride home, this thing acted completely normal, voltage wise. That is, until about a 10 second span of time on the way back. Just toodling along at 55 mph, at about 11 pm, and all of the sudden, all the lights that were already on (headlights, dash lights, etc) lit up like Hiroshima. A quick glance at the ammeter, and it's pegged to the right (charging). I thought about what I could do to add electrical drag so in order to bleed away some of the amperage from all the lights. I can't recall what I did off hand, but I turned on something. Not much help I'm sure. I was about to pull over and shut it off, when it just went back to normal, and that was that. It lasted right about 10 seconds.

It didn't happen again. At other times, even when the ammeter is pegged, the ammeter very much responds to rpm. Even when pegged, if I let the RPM drop to idle, the gauge goes almost to the neutral point.

So, just wanted to see more about what you guys think about this issue. Now I'm going to go back and read this whole thread again.


7milesout