Flywheel questions

[Tom]

Hi morinisti di Angleterre

I have a question for you:

Are flywheels of different morini models interchangable?

I am asking because i have a charging problem with my 3 1/2 sport from 1977, the alternator has been rebuilt and worked OK, even with a 60/65 watts Halogen head lighted installed i now know, oeps.
But since this summer I am having recharging problems during long trips. The other day when i made a short trip (35 km back and forth) the battery was fully charged, last week i came back from a 150 km trip, the battery was fully flat. So i swapped the regulator, checked all the earth connections and wiring, and noticed a melted connection on the red and brown wire at the ignition switch. Any clues?

I now swapped the flywheel, to check if it is magnet problem, for a item from a kanguro or camel, they look the same and fit OK, is this advisable?

Best Regards,

Tom

[EVguru]

There is an early narrow flywheel with fully machined finish and flush magnets and a later wider type with cast finish and salient poles (with or without starter drum).

The narrow type may foul a wide stator and damage it.

The brown wire is the feed from the ignition switch that turns the regulator on.

[Tom]

Thanks again!

It could also be the faulty connection of the brown and red wiring at the ignition switch due to an earlier problem with a faulty battery which fried my old altenator, hence the rebuilding of it...
So restoring the wiring could simply solve my charging, eh the morini charching problems... hopefully

Tom