JayCulpepper
Cadet
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- Sep 30, 2015
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Hello to all, I have a 1978 Johnson 140 that I have recently purchased on a boat. I noticed the battery was not being charged because of a bad rectifier. This particular model does not have a regulator, so I installed a newer regulator/rectifier. Now I have good regulated voltage. I have never been able to get the tach to work and have read the stator could be the culprit. I have now decided to rebuild the motor and having removed the flywheel I see some black ooze coming from the stator. Not much, just a few splotches here and there. My question is: Did the bad rectifier cause heating to the stator and result in the black ooze? I know the voltage is being regulated and is charging my battery. I have tested the stator with an ohm meter and it reads .5 ohms across the yellow wires, and reads infinity from the yellow wire to the metal frame of the stator. As far as I can tell, from all the research I have done, the stator is acting and testing as a good one, except for the fact I have no tach. What are your thoughts on the condition of my stator? Was it just stressed or is it on it's last leg?
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