27-06-2022, 09:39 AM
And an air filter. Whatever next!
The dynamator on my saloon has carked it, still using it though. Starts fine on the handle which saves most of the electrickery, I work on the BMW principle and don't use the semaphores, and with the aim of keeping all hard won momentum, use the brakes (and thus stop lights) sparingly. I hadn't charged it in at least a month, and when I robbed the Exide battery for the chummy the other day, it still had enough go to run the bacon slicer more energetically than the Lincoln Battery it replaced.
The chummy I sold last April had been run for nearly 2 years with only ignition wiring, (and yes no reflectors).
My conclusion is if you don't go out in the dark, and are capable of starting the engine on the handle you probably don't 'need' a dynamo.
The dynamator on my saloon has carked it, still using it though. Starts fine on the handle which saves most of the electrickery, I work on the BMW principle and don't use the semaphores, and with the aim of keeping all hard won momentum, use the brakes (and thus stop lights) sparingly. I hadn't charged it in at least a month, and when I robbed the Exide battery for the chummy the other day, it still had enough go to run the bacon slicer more energetically than the Lincoln Battery it replaced.
The chummy I sold last April had been run for nearly 2 years with only ignition wiring, (and yes no reflectors).
My conclusion is if you don't go out in the dark, and are capable of starting the engine on the handle you probably don't 'need' a dynamo.