Recent content by GPWWLA

I see this a few months old and I don't know if you still need the help. Would the dipstick differ from Willy's to Ford? If not, I can measure the one from my 41 MB.

I hadn't tried it, just repeating what I had heard. Thanks though

I have gotten in the habit recently of keeping it connected to my maintainer just to keep the battery charged. I spoke to a mechanic friend, he said the quickest way to determine a generator's current state is to remove a battery terminal with the engine running. If the engine dies the generator...

My '41 MB has a maintenance tag tacked to the firewall from a German corporation (GMBH). Best I can figure is it was a German version of WOF and sold post war. How it ended up here I'll never know. Guy I bought it from had a story all cooked up about how it was captured, tagged, somehow...

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Hmm...I put my multimeter on it. Shows 6.46 across the battery when off, and 6.76 with the engine idling at a decent RPM. So I'm guessing I have a bit of an issue here. Edit: Scratch that. Just tried at a higher rpm than before and getting 7.14v

Another thing, I noticed my ammeter is reading zero which would mean the battery is discharging if the gauge is working which I don't totally trust. What is the protocol for testing the output of my generator?

So weird thing. I charged the 6v battery overnight tried it this morning and still no joy. I checked all the grounds and everything looked good, but no fire. So I decided to disconnect the battery to clean the terminals. The positive terminal was tight so in the process of untightening it I...

After sitting for a bit, I planned to take my MB out for a Halloween drive. The day before I drove it to the gas station and it started with no complaints other then my siren sounded weak, so I put it back on my 4A charger maintainer. That day, it started up with no problem, drove it a little...