Its been a long journey, but the end maybe in sight. Started off with neighbor's 51 8N, overheating, stalling and antifreeze
leaking from tractor. At first I thought it was the lower hose, but it was the water pump. Replaced that for him with new pump
and now generator bracket would not line up with support on pump. Got that aligned after removing generator and bending the
support on the generator holding bracket. Still no start. Traced wiring and determined wire to ammeter had a partial short to
ground. Plastic bracket holding ammeter was melted causing high resistance ground between meter and frayed wire. Replace ammeter
and wire. Still no start. Found terminals at terminal block were dirty and needed to be cleaned. Tractor now started fine, but
exhaust pipe at manifold was loose and leaking. Needed to be properly positioned and tightened. Tractor now would no longer
start. Found battery to be low and needed to be charged. After charging, tractor starts right up. Checked battery voltage and
found voltage to be the same with tractor running and not running. Polarized generator by running a jumper wire from negative
battery terminal to armature stud on generator but see no increase in voltage with tractor running at mid to high throttle.
Question: If generator is polarized but still won't charge battery, what is the next step to take???? Is there some test I can
perform or will generator need to be taken to a shop for repair?
As always, thanks for any insight, suggestions, or help.
leaking from tractor. At first I thought it was the lower hose, but it was the water pump. Replaced that for him with new pump
and now generator bracket would not line up with support on pump. Got that aligned after removing generator and bending the
support on the generator holding bracket. Still no start. Traced wiring and determined wire to ammeter had a partial short to
ground. Plastic bracket holding ammeter was melted causing high resistance ground between meter and frayed wire. Replace ammeter
and wire. Still no start. Found terminals at terminal block were dirty and needed to be cleaned. Tractor now started fine, but
exhaust pipe at manifold was loose and leaking. Needed to be properly positioned and tightened. Tractor now would no longer
start. Found battery to be low and needed to be charged. After charging, tractor starts right up. Checked battery voltage and
found voltage to be the same with tractor running and not running. Polarized generator by running a jumper wire from negative
battery terminal to armature stud on generator but see no increase in voltage with tractor running at mid to high throttle.
Question: If generator is polarized but still won't charge battery, what is the next step to take???? Is there some test I can
perform or will generator need to be taken to a shop for repair?
As always, thanks for any insight, suggestions, or help.