Sorry gentlemen. I had to drive up to Washington state to pick up a bike and it took all day to get up there and back. I’ll try your suggestions and report back. I have several generator vintage Harleys and the manual states that the generator should be polarized every time the battery is disconnected. This is done with a short jumper at the regulator. Not sure if this is the case here.
OK Barry, I'll have my Venison steak medium please!! Ron[/quote]You’ll have to settle for corn fed Mallard Ron. My buddy and I got a 14 bird limit in 1.5 hours in Idaho this morning. Followed by 3 hours of cleaning and packaging.
I think the Harley's run a 3 brush generator system with a cut out instead of a regulator. Just follow the Lucas instructions. The DVR2's are more robust that others, so hopefully no damage is done.
And yes you have the correct period 40W dynamo. Ron
I tried both the 12v light bulb and the multi meter and got no output from the dynamo. Manual suggested checking the brushes. I found one that wouldn’t move in the holder. Removed it and dressed the sides. Also, commutator was dark so cleaned it with gas soaked rag as per manual. Put it back together and voila working now. Slightly over 12 o’clock position with headlight on. Not showing charge with light off but I had fully charged the battery so that’s normal per Ian. Weather not permitting road test but hopefully, that will happen before the snow flies. The advice from you both is greatly appreciated. No stranger to wrenching on bikes but this one is a different animal altogether.
Thanks again.
