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Hi All,
I've recently got a 81 GL1100 standard that runs well and looks great for the age but it's not charging. I'm getting 12.5-13 voltage at 2000rpm and I can't figure out from the manuals if this is correct or not, I think that for this model year it's okay but for 82+ it must be 14V? Anyway I also get continuity from all three stator leads to chassis ground, is this enough to assume that the stator is bad? I haven't been able to measure the amps while it's running because my multimeter I guess won't let enough amps through to get it started, suppose I need a dedicated ammeter. The R/R seems to be functioning ok from what I can tell, and the guy I bought it off of said he replaced it. So is it time to drop the engine? As you probably guessed I'm a hack mechanic and not very good at diagnosing so any help pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated. I wanna get this puppy on a nice long ride!
Cheers,
CT
Hi All,
I've recently got a 81 GL1100 standard that runs well and looks great for the age but it's not charging. I'm getting 12.5-13 voltage at 2000rpm and I can't figure out from the manuals if this is correct or not, I think that for this model year it's okay but for 82+ it must be 14V? Anyway I also get continuity from all three stator leads to chassis ground, is this enough to assume that the stator is bad? I haven't been able to measure the amps while it's running because my multimeter I guess won't let enough amps through to get it started, suppose I need a dedicated ammeter. The R/R seems to be functioning ok from what I can tell, and the guy I bought it off of said he replaced it. So is it time to drop the engine? As you probably guessed I'm a hack mechanic and not very good at diagnosing so any help pointing me in the right direction would be much appreciated. I wanna get this puppy on a nice long ride!
Cheers,
CT