gary needs help

He is in Boise Idaho and has blown out his PCV valve. Can any body help?

Is he wanting a new part? Couldn't he just remove it and plug it with a bolt and some teflon tape? Then run a hose below the engine to vent into the atmosphere?

I just talked to him, and he is back on the road. It's like 94 degrees in Idaho, but he's popping along the interstate at 80 mph, and hopes to make it to Denver tonight ...

Phil is here with me in Indiana, and also just talked to him. Gary's got a temporary fix on the PCV valve, but would still like to find a valve. Apparently the valve itself just blew off the car and disappeared ...

Meanwhile, on my 66B, the new voltage regulator Phil brought did NOT solve the problem. It's still not charging. Only getting 12v off the regulator to the generator.

Any clues, anyone? We're kinda stumped. Doesn't seem like it should be a generator problem, since we're not getting enough voltage TO the generator in the first place.

I'm going to charge the battery again in the room tonight, and it's good for a day's driving anyway, with no lights or wipers pulling juice.

Chuck, maybe you or your guy will have a clue.

Check the generator like I told you. You don't need a voltmeter. If the generator is working it will slow then engine down and you can hear it. If jumping the fields doesn't do that the generator is shot. One more thing. Use a short wire or screwdriver and quickly strike an arc from the Bat terminal of the regulator to the F or Field terminal. There's a chance that the field shoes in the generator lost their residual magnetism and "flashing the fields" will re-magnetise them .

Meunchausen was in Boise and would have been a good bet. We noticed that Gary's pcv was different, not centered. If he needs stuff shipped, tell him I can, used or new.

In VW days, the generators would build a coating on the armature that we could scrub with emory cloth on a pencil while the engine was running. B's don't have that window to do that though. But, it could be the cause. When you get to St L or somewhere that you can bench test stuff, if you need something shipped, give a holler. It can be there real quick with an address. Same for Gary. If he wants a different manifold or what not, I would need an address. He moves so quyick though................................

I'm gonna pull that puppy and run it by my rebuilder tommorrow afternoon, he can test it and turn it around in time to be in st looie by Wed (I hope). If not I have a line on a couple of used generators in town and the price is right (free)

That beats shiipping every time!

don't put the parts away yet, it ain't fixed til it's fixed

OK, are you talking about flashing the fields of the regulator or the generator . . olr both? I'm confused now.

By flashing the fields (and forgive me, I know you've gone over this with me before, but it's been a while, and I don't have access to my home computer, where I've stored all this knowledge...) Anyway, by flashing the fields, you mean briefly connecting the terminals on the generator (or regulator?) in order to establish the polarity or magnetism?

Do you still think it could be the generator . . . even though the regulator (brand new) only is generator 12 v?

OK. The fields are the magnetic fields in the field shoes of the generator. sometimes viberation will nullify them. When you strike an arc between the Bat and Fld terminals of the regulator it remagnetizes the field shoes. Jumping to the field terminal of the generator with straight battery volatge will do it too. So, if jumping off the fuse box to the field connection doesn't get it going the generator is shot.