Leaky Voltage Regulator

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Old 09-22-2023, 07:02 PM
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Leaky Voltage Regulator

69 Charger 440 with the Mopar electronic ignition conversion. This setup came with the 4 prong ballast resistor. I recently noticed that the VR is dripping down the firewall. Still runs fine, but what gives with that?
Old 09-23-2023, 06:47 AM
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Might be some of the backing melting. Those things are pretty cheap, just replace it.

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Old 09-23-2023, 07:19 AM
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Might be some of the backing melting. Those things are pretty cheap, just replace it.

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Yea, I'm aware of that, but why is it melting?
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rocky -

No idea, but the quality control of some parts these days can be ... questionable.
I'd just make sure it wasn't mounted near any heat source, on either side of the firewall.

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Yea, I'm aware of that, but why is it melting?
It's a silicone used to keep the solidstate electronics from getting too hot. Their is also sand behind it. When you start losing stand, get a new one. What I do, which seems to solve the problem, is I put a few washes behind the unit, so air will flow behind it for cooling.
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yeah, the washer method works well!
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