In the worst case scenario just run a small bead of silicone sealer around the inside of the old VR cover and stick it to the new voltage regulator if the old cover wont snap on. Also E body's are Challengers & Cuda's. Road Runners & Chargers are B body's. (-: -------Original Message------- From: John McAdams Date: 9/29/2011 1:55:14 PM To: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [Chrysler300] Voltage Regulators (Alternator version) To all: Since we were talking about voltage regulators (for Generators vs Alternators) I just thought you guys might like to hear of my experience and new found knowledge. This has to do with the modern electronic voltage regulator for Alternator equipped cars. I was recently working on my ?62 ?Sport? ragtop and in my haste to get the newly rebuilt 413 engine running, I accidently (stupidly) connected my battery backwards with sizzling sounds and consequences. I fried the alternator diodes as well as the Voltage Regulator. I had a spare Alternator so that was not a real big deal. I just had to change it out with the original dual belt pulley. The guys that are helping me restore my ?62 413 are usually restoring high dollar ?E? bodies like Hemi Roadrunners and HEMI Chargers. When they helped me change out my Alternator, they noticed that the dual pulley on the alternator had the deep belt grooves and the actual part number as used on the 426 (and later) HEMI Alternators. I went up to my local auto parts vendor and bought a new Alternator style electronic voltage regulator. It had the same bolt pattern and terminal locations but it was much lower, it only stood about 3/8ths of an inch high and it was all chrome. I was anxious to get the new rebuilt motor running so I went ahead and bought the regulator and installed it. I started the engine and loooo and behold, the dash gauge showed the proper charging reading. Now I was still disappointed that this new voltage regulator really stood out because it has a lower profile and the cover is chrome. I held the old regulator up next to it (the one that I had bought from John Hertog) and noticed that they looked very similar. The old voltage regulator was painted satin black and about 1 ½ inch high and the cover had the words ?FLD? and ?IGN? stamped on the top. Upon further comparison, I noted that the old voltage regulator cover just snapped on and off of the base. WOW, I wonder?? I tried to pry off the new (chrome) voltage regulator cover and sure enough, it just popped off as well. Well to my ultimate surprise, the old voltage regulator cover (with the IGN and FLD words stamped on it) neatly snapped right onto the new voltage regulator base. How about that. A new Electronic ? Solid State regulator with the old (stock looking) cover. How Cool. Big John Mc Adams (In SoCal) From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terry Mctaggart Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:28 AM To: Listserver Chrysler Club Subject: [Chrysler300] Voltage Regulators I have found a source for high quality, reasonably priced voltage regulators for generator-equipped cars. It is Wells Vehicle Electronics (www.wellsve.com). The work very well, and are priced at less than $50. Can this company be added to the Source section of the Club's web site? Terry McTaggart [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18410) http://www.pctools.com <http://www.pctools.com/?cclick=EmailFooterClean_51> ======= [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join and select the "Leave Group" button For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylangYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chrysler300/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: Chrysler300-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Chrysler300-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Chrysler300-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/