S500,
Thanks for the reply, but I'm looking for a bad regulator that someone is throwing out (as in trash).. not a working one.
There's one on eBay right now... some guy is trying to get 10 dollars for it for the last couple weeks and can't...
Anyway, his ad got me thinking... why can't these be repaired?
I'm pretty handy with electronics... thought if I could find a bad one, I'd cut it open and see if there was a fix. If so, I could post it here for all.
Not familiar with the term "carbons"... presume you're talking about the brushes in the motor?
KenP