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Bill says maybe I lost half my excitation. That's exactly what I'm
thinking. Do I need to run the generator to flash the fields? I'm
thinking I disconnect the leads from the volage regulator @ the brushes
so I don't burn it out and take a 12v battery, connect the ground to
the chassis and the positive to one of the brushes for a second and
then do the other brush. If I understand what they are saying on
smokestak. Or maybe someone can walk me through flashing the fields so
both are remagnitized, and I'll run it for an hour to get the magnetism
to stay??

I would have great difficulty believing you need to flash any field magnet
these days - this isn't a Model A Ford. Look elsewhere.