Kaliyakkavilai · Kuzhithurai · Kanyakumari

“Dynamo not working?”

“ammeter shows discharge · classic car not charging · vintage car current not coming”

Vintage car not charging — Xavier Battery & Auto Electrical Works, Kallukatti, Kaliyakkavilai, Kanyakumari district.

Or check it yourself first — the 60-second test

after-hours emergency line — call any time: 094872 34923

Diagnosis: How to tell, from the driver's seat

  • Ammeter shows discharge with the engine running . Dynamo or cut-out.
  • Charges only at speed . Worn brushes.
  • Trouble began after a modern accessory was fitted . Polarity on positive earth.

Not sure which?

094872 34923

Tell us what it is doing. We will name the part.

Vintage car not charging — what it usually is

  1. 1 Dynamo brushes or armature
  2. 2 Cut-out / regulator box
  3. 3 Belt
  4. 4 Earth (positive-earth systems)
  5. 5 Perished cloth loom
  6. 6 Battery at end of life

Reading this at the roadside? Call now:: 094872 34923 Or WhatsApp a voice note of what it does — the sound usually tells us: WhatsApp

What happens when you call

Say exactly what your vehicle is doing.

We tell you on the phone what it most likely is. If it is not an electrical problem, we say that too.

If the vehicle needs to come to the shop, or we need to come to you, we explain the next step first — and you decide.