I revamped my charging components, since the ones on the car came from the factory!  I asked a few questions about newer technology components and was told by Bobby Hixson that over time a solid state regulator would cause a generator to throw lead. He said he had seen it on more than one occasion, anyone else ever ran into this gremlin?

For the past three years I've been fighting a never ending battle with my 73 bus's electrical system (It is type one powered and charges with a generator) . . . I've lost track of the number of batteries, generators, regulators and starters I've bolted on it.  About a month ago I replaced my cheap aftermarket regulator from AutoZone (about the 5th or 6th one I've gone through) with a Bosche solid state regulator . . . I've gone a month with no starting or charging problems.    My lights don't surge from bright to dim at night . . . when it's 20 degrees it'll still spin the engine fast enough to start and even has enough juice left over to run the ignition system!  If the battery I put in it a couple of months ago last till spring, I'm declairing my problems cured.  

So far that regulator has been one of the best $33 part I've bolted on.