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1954 Jubilee Repair

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GerberHillTim

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Can anyone tell me what the part is on the 1954 Jubilee that looks like a resistor and is placed just before the coil? I thought resistors were only used on 12 volt systems, but mine is a 6 volt. I don't see the part listed on this site for sale anywhere, so I'm wondering if it really even belongs there. I'll try to add a pic to this post, but it's my first time posting here, so I don't know if I'll get it right.
Thanks for any help.
Tim

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To start with there is no such thing as 1954 Jubilee. A Jubilee was only made in 1953 and is the 50th year Ford tractor so that is why it is called the Jubilee. It you have a 1954 it is an NAA which is almost the same other then year made and hood emblem.

As for the resister looking part yes it looks to be a VR-1 ballast resister so you do not need it unless you have an odd ball coil
 
Gerber,It looks like you have a 6 volt coil on your 12 volt system,that is why the resister is being used to convert 12 volts down to 6 volt so it doesn't burn up the coil. You can leave it like it is ,or get a 12 volt no resister needed coil like a NAPA 12 volt coil, # IC14SB
 
As others have said it is a dropping resistor to run original 6 volt coil on a 12 volt conversion. Looks like it has been there for a long time.

Are you sure you have a 6 volt system. If you do you would probably be complaining of hard starting, not starting until you let up on the start button, and poor running.

If it is working leave it alone. When it fails do as suggested and get the direct 12 volt no resistor needed coil.
 
Point taken on the name aspect. I?m aware it?s an NAA designation...it is a 1954 with the slightly different front badge from the ?53 Golden Jubilee.
 
While the NAA and Jubilee are almost the same they are not 100% the same. An old ford dealer I knew back years ago would jump some one calling a Jubilee and NAA or the other way around. He even had a poster on the wall that classified the two as different models
 
What battery does it have?? 6 or 12 volts?? There are 12 volt generators so it could be 12 volts. If the battery has 3 caps it is 6 volts but if it has 6 caps it is 12 volts. Or did you buy it with out a battery so now your guessing as to what it is??
 
I got it from my father-in-law, who passed away last fall. HE thought it was an 8N, so, rest his soul, I can't really rely on anything he said about it. He had a 12 volt battery for it, but couldn't get the thing started, then he died, and I decided to give it a try. So I'm essentially starting from scratch. Also, every part of this tractor is rusty and the wiring is old and often corroded. So the non-starting could have other reasons. I did get it to backfire a few times last weekend, but since then nothing.
I do have pics of almost every part of it I can post on here, if that would help anyone help me.
 
Here are a few simple things you can do to see if you can get it to start.
#1 use a jumper wire from the non-ground side of the batter to the ignition side of the coil. When you touch it to the coil you should see a small spark if the points are closed which is most of the time. If no spark pull the distributor cap off and see if by chance the points are open. If the yare well half the test is done and correct. If points are closed then they need to be cleaned or replaced because they are dirty and not working. I bet I have used that simple test well over a thousand times to test points. Post back what you find. By the way if you do get a spark hook it up and then try to start it you may find it starts
 
(quoted from post at 10:52:59 07/13/18) Not necessarily. Could be a 12 volt generator

Generator could be positive or negative ground.
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So now it looks like there is a question as to whether it’s 6 or 12 volt...and obviously that makes a difference on the parts I eventually buy. So how do I tell??
 
AFter further research, I’m going to hazard a guess that the purpose of the resistor was to be able to run a 12 volt battery on the 6 volt system without burning up the coil. So I’m going to move forward with the idea that this IS a 6 volt system, and that I need to either clean up that resistor or get a new one and put it in place.
 
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