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Do Rick's stators always discolor like this?

robertbarr

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This stator is about 2500 miles old. I have photos of it new, and it was nice & copper-colored. I didn't find any breakdown of the epoxy (or whatever it is), but it certainly looks a little cooked.

Here's the stator today:


I had to pull the stator cover for mechanical reasons (cleverly forgot Loctite). You can see the button-head cap screws I used instead of the original Phillips.

Is this some sort of epidemic of sorry stators? WTH gives? We need a Congressional investigation.
 
robertbarr said:
This stator is about 2500 miles old. I have photos of it new, and it was nice & copper-colored. I didn't find any breakdown of the epoxy (or whatever it is), but it certainly looks a little cooked.

Here's the stator today:


I had to pull the stator cover for mechanical reasons (cleverly forgot Loctite). You can see the button-head cap screws I used instead of the original Phillips.

Is this some sort of epidemic of sorry stators? WTH gives? We need a Congressional investigation.
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You need a series R/R. Hows that SH775 going? Installed yet?
 
posplayr said:
You need a series R/R. Hows that SH775 going? Installed yet?
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Yes, a few hundred miles ago. The only difference I can detect (don't have a scope) is a very slightly lower operating voltage at the battery, 14.23v vs about 14.30v with the 009. Less than one percent difference.

You really think the blackening is from heat?

What I'm wondering is how I got 54,000 trouble-free miles on my original '79 850 with a primitive R/R, but stators today are calling it quits in infancy.
 
OldVet66 said:
What type of R/R did you have on it?
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This particular stator has operated with 009's its whole short life up until the last 200 miles or so.

I swapped one 009 with a new one about a year ago, so that I could upgrade the wiring and connectors. That added more than a volt at the battery. (The first 009 had the connections sealed with some killer RTV).
 
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robertbarr said:
This particular stator has operated with 009's its whole short life up until the last 200 miles or so.

I swapped one 009 with a new one about a year ago, so that I could upgrade the wiring and connectors. That added more than a volt at the battery. (The first 009 had the connections sealed with some killer RTV).
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what is an 009? FH009?

With SHUNT regulation you cant expect anything different.
 
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