As mentioned previously, you appear to have a magneto ignition. It can be hand cranked to start and you will not need a battery, or generator, or have any lights, but the engine will run if everything is proper. I said "appear" to have a magneto ignition since it is possible that the magneto could have been converted to function as a distributor. This is unusual but was sometimes done. I have been running a 1943 WC with a magneto converted to a distributor for over 40 years. It can and has been done. If you have a magneto that is still an active, functioning magneto it does have advantages. As far as the battery, It is open to opinions. I like 12 volts especially in cold weather. You do not need to worry about a "running" or "ballast" resistor if you have a magneto. I do not even know where you would install one even if you wanted to with a functioning magneto. If the battery will fit in the battery box it makes things simpler. The 12 volt battery will start the engine quicker and easier. If you are worried about strain on the starter, just use the standard 12 volt style (smaller wires/lighter wires) battery cables. (Just the opposite to using heaver wires/battery cables for a 6 volt battery.) You can convert to 12 volt battery with negative ground. It makes some accessories easier to use, such as radios, amplifiers, power inverters for 110 volt power or other electronics. You can convert to 12v negative ground and use the original 6 volt generator. You will need to "polarize" the generator after you "wire everything up" and before you run the tractor (or generator) and you will need to regulate the field voltage to get the generator to charge at 13.6 to 14,2 volts at full rpm with a charged battery. A "proper" 10 watt rated resistor in the field voltage wiring will accomplish this. Again, I have been running an AC tractor with 12 volt battery and the original generator for many years. (Also have one with an alternator and 12 volt battery. They both work just fine.) Remember to change the bulbs in all of lights on the tractor before you hook up the 12 volt battery. The 6 volt bulbs will "light up" on 12 volts but they will be very bright, but for a very short time (think "flash bulbs"). Good luck with your "new" tractor. The WDs can be a real sweet running tractor. They are short stroke engines. I like to run them at "high idle" (full throttle) when under heavy load. They do not like to be "lugged down".
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