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Installing lights on a hand start B

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Wemedeeres

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I'd like to put lights on my 46 hand start B, I'm just wondering what all I'd need to make it possible. I have lights and generator from a donor tractor, but now I'm wondering what all I need to make it work. Do I need to use a battery? And I suppose I'd need to put an on off switch somewhere?

Am I going about this the wrong way?
 
I would put the battery in the frame rails like on a GM in front of the valve cover if theres room. You can put a switch in the dash and make a light bar to hook up on the steering post. Just my thoughts.
 
Do you just want lights or do you want originality?
Check pictures of others and get original looking
stuff from salvage yards. Either way you need a battery.
 
Does your fanshaft have a v-belt pulley on it? Doubt it. Need the gennie mounting brackets,regulator etc. IMHO if this is just for tractor rides, I would just use 12v hi capacity bat or marine deep cycle bat and forget the charging system. Unless you are going on an all nighter you will never run it down. Same reason a pulling tractor doesn't need charging system.
 
I bought a B several years ago that was a factory hand start with lights. It had the battery in the hood with the cast dash. Probably a rare
tractor today.
 
I spent a lot of time and added lights to my
44b hand start. I used a GM alternator and
mounted a small garden tractor battery in
the frame rail between the carb and oil
bath. I used an electric start dash to add
a volt gage. I had to add the hole for the
shutter control knob, I put a lot of work
into it to make it look somewhat original.
Maybe search the archives because I think I
posted the results on here. I ended up
putting it back original because I didn't
use them as much as I originally thought I
would. I saved all the parts.
 
(quoted from post at 17:52:39 01/24/16) I spent a lot of time and added lights to my
44b hand start. I used a GM alternator and
mounted a small garden tractor battery in
the frame rail between the carb and oil
bath. I used an electric start dash to add
a volt gage. I had to add the hole for the
shutter control knob, I put a lot of work
into it to make it look somewhat original.
Maybe search the archives because I think I
posted the results on here. I ended up
putting it back original because I didn't
use them as much as I originally thought I
would. I saved all the parts.
Click to expand...

I found it, that's exactly what I want to do. What were the two switches for, one looked like an on/off toggle and the other looked like a push/pull.
 
For what its worth there were lights that ran on magneto. Next there was a generator unit that ran lights but had no battery!!! Both would be hard to find today.
 
My 1951 D was sold with battery generator and lights but hand start. It was a 6 volt system. If it would have had electric start, it would have
been a 12 volt system.
 
The switch excited the alternator to get it
to charge. The push pull controlled the
lights. Pull to first position turned front
lights on, pull more to second position
turned on rear light. I also had a indicator
light so I remembered to turn off the power
when done.
 
Another possible solution: Use LED
work lights. Power them with a garden
tractor battery with no
generator/alternator, and simply
recharge the battery as needed.

A fully charged battery will run 3 LED
lights all night - probably longer than
you care to run your tractor in the
dark (!).
 
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