re polorizing hot jumper to the f termn(neg term as positive is the ground.) re the reg getting warm the cut out id stuck on unhook batery remove the reg cover free the cutout and clean the points on same. acording to old motors manual the reg should be ok ,just that the batery is discharging threw the gen. and with batery on neg ground most likley afected cutout. while your atit make sur the charging is at least 8.5 to 9 volts, that way battery will be charged on high sid meaning better starting

be sure you have a 6V positive ground regulator. they may have changed it when they hooked up the battery in reverse..

take the cover off the regulater and most likley the cut out coil is stuck. that ewill kill the batery and fry the generator. if seperated you may be able to clean the contact with sand paper(not emerey) wher do you live. had a new 6v pos grnd reg.

Thanks! I'll give it a try today.

With the generator installed on the engine and all leads connected...
Momentarily connect a jumper wire from the 'BAT' to the 'GEN' or 'ARM' terminal of the voltage regulator.

  Vic Correnti

I got the car to my house thursday. Today was the first chance I had to tinker. I replaced points and condensor. The old points didn't look terribly bad, but I changed them anyhow, they're cheap enough. I found the wire on the points was loose when I went to change them. The fuel pump was bad, so i changed it too. It's getting fuel good to the carb now. I charged the battery up and hooked it up positive ground. When i did, the voltage regulator started making noise. The car cranks and runs good, but when you turn it off and the battery is hooked up the voltage regulator is warm. Not hot, but warm to the touch. I know when you replace the regulator or the generator you have to polarize the regulator. Maybe having the  battery hooked up negative ground screwed something up there? I don't remember how to polarize it. Is it touch the BATT wire to the FIELD wire briefly? 

Having the battery hooked up backwards doesn't burn up the points.  In fact, I believe the spark is weaker.

If you switch it around you may need to polarize the generator?

Thanks all for the input! I know for sure it's a 6 volt battery. Knowing what i've just read now, i'm pretty sure its hooked up backwards and the points have been burned up. I don't think it's a fuel problem because it backfired enough times to blow up the muffler. that tells me it's getting fuel but only occasional spark and lighting it off possibly. Tomorrow i'll check all these things though. Thanks again.

Could be a bad coil or a bad condenser that is in the distributor.  Either could cut out if heated up and may work again when cooled down.


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Midland Park, NJ