by bgsengine » Mon Aug 14, 2023 9:18 pm
It IS part of the electrical system - it is a solenoid that is powered by battery voltage with key on, possible for it to be failing or shorted (if you have a spare handy, could swap them out) however, It is also possible KE4 mis-posted because I don't think I have ever seen a solenoid failure causing so much of a current draw that it would overload the stator. (Unless it is backfeeding ground through stator, but then read on...)
OTOH, if it was me, I would start by carefully checking grounds Try running a jumper wire directly from bare engine block somewhere to the battery negative post, which would bypass all grounds except voltage regulator body ground.. IF voltage regulator is mounted to plastic engine shroud, the body does need to be able to touch bare ground... some had jumper ground wires from body bolt to engine block when mounted into nylon/plastic engine shroud, but others did have a through bolt that threaded into the engine block. Only other thing that could be causing stator to burn out like that would have to be applying 12v DC directly to one of the alternator wires... so you may want to check your wiring harness to verify that something has not been mis-wired that way as well... or perhaps someone swapped in the wrong ignition switch (Again which would cause mis-wiring, without messing with wiring...)
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