My car was running great on Sat. July 12th.  The following saturday, when I started it, the radio was coming in all distorted.  I looked down to see that my ammeter was showing about 15 at an idle.  I pressed the gas and it pegged at 30, and the radio shut off. 

My generator appears to be "locked on" or it just hasn't worked properly for the last 3 years.  What should I be reading?  Previously, the ammeter never moved above 0-2 unless the head lights were on.

The plus side of my current situation is that with so much juice, all my lights lights are super bright and the car is great to drive at night.  Of course the downside is my radio is toast.  Any thoughts?

- John 

John: Lake Forest, IL



'57 Fairlane 500 - Looking better every day.