08-04-2023, 04:09 PM
Nice day down here in Wiltshire so took the Chummy out to get some petrol and warm the engine up prior to a pre-season oil change. Car was going well but there was a funny smell of burning; I though it was probably the exhaust, having not run the car since last October. There was also a whining sound.....
Quick check over when filling up with fuel reveals that the end cap of the dynamo is wobbly. Pulled the cap off - end casting has broken! Aaargh!
Drove home slowly with dynamo switched off and pulled it apart in the workshop, appears to have been cracked/broken forever.
Sadly, although I have a spare DFL, it doesn't work, most likely due to a a duff armature. I'll probably have to pull it apart to use the casting to repair the Chummy one.
Does anyone have a spare casting in their box of Mag Dynamo bits and pieces??
Quick check over when filling up with fuel reveals that the end cap of the dynamo is wobbly. Pulled the cap off - end casting has broken! Aaargh!
Drove home slowly with dynamo switched off and pulled it apart in the workshop, appears to have been cracked/broken forever.
Sadly, although I have a spare DFL, it doesn't work, most likely due to a a duff armature. I'll probably have to pull it apart to use the casting to repair the Chummy one.
Does anyone have a spare casting in their box of Mag Dynamo bits and pieces??