I posted on here a week or two ago about the generator on my Allis D17. I posted a followup to the same thread but no one has replied. I guess the thread got old. To refresh you're memory, it's reversed the battery polarity, and is now a NEG ground, rather than a POS ground like it should be. I'm just going to leave it that way, and just charge the battery as it is now. Come Spring, I plan to replace the generator with an alternator, but for now, I just want to polarize it, so I can move it to a better place, since it's blocking part of my driveway.
Anyhow, I know what to do now, but I'm still puzzled how to polarize the generator. The reason is because the regulator has no markings on the terminals, or if it did, it was painted (Allis orange) so the markings are lost.
My voltage regulator (VR) has FOUR terminals. Three on one side, and a single one on the other side. Do any of you have a drawing which you can post, that shows which terminal is what? I was told I need to jump a wire from the BAT terminal to the GEN (or ARM) terminal. The VR does say Delco Remy on it's cover, but that is all I can read.
I read this on a webpage: "To polarize a generator? Before starting the engine, momentarily touch one end of a piece of wire to regulator terminal marked 'arm' or 'gen' and the other end to terminal marked 'bat'. A spark will occur when wire is removed this is natural. DO NOT TOUCH 'fld' terminal, regulator will instantly be ruined."
If I cant identify the VR terminals, is there any reason I cant run a jumper from the battery (non-grounded post) right to the generator (GEN or ARM) terminal. *(If they are marked)*. We're having a severe cold spell, so I only took a brief look, and could not see any markings on the genny either. But it seems like it would be easier to just use a longer wire and go direct, because the VR is sort of buried with a rod in front of it. And then there are FOUR combinations, rather than just the two on the genny.
Is there any way to identify which terminal is which on the genny? I know if I get it wrong, I'll ruin the VR, so I want to make sure I get it right.
Thanks for all help!
Anyhow, I know what to do now, but I'm still puzzled how to polarize the generator. The reason is because the regulator has no markings on the terminals, or if it did, it was painted (Allis orange) so the markings are lost.
My voltage regulator (VR) has FOUR terminals. Three on one side, and a single one on the other side. Do any of you have a drawing which you can post, that shows which terminal is what? I was told I need to jump a wire from the BAT terminal to the GEN (or ARM) terminal. The VR does say Delco Remy on it's cover, but that is all I can read.
I read this on a webpage: "To polarize a generator? Before starting the engine, momentarily touch one end of a piece of wire to regulator terminal marked 'arm' or 'gen' and the other end to terminal marked 'bat'. A spark will occur when wire is removed this is natural. DO NOT TOUCH 'fld' terminal, regulator will instantly be ruined."
If I cant identify the VR terminals, is there any reason I cant run a jumper from the battery (non-grounded post) right to the generator (GEN or ARM) terminal. *(If they are marked)*. We're having a severe cold spell, so I only took a brief look, and could not see any markings on the genny either. But it seems like it would be easier to just use a longer wire and go direct, because the VR is sort of buried with a rod in front of it. And then there are FOUR combinations, rather than just the two on the genny.
Is there any way to identify which terminal is which on the genny? I know if I get it wrong, I'll ruin the VR, so I want to make sure I get it right.
Thanks for all help!