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ID tag on generator # is 1101355 47328. What is the 47328 #, google can t help

That Generator is a 6v three brush generator. I would ignore the last 5 digits. Repair kits are available From Brillman and others. New are available Here on
YT. Third brush generators on earlier tractors without lights often have adjustable third brush. To adjust the charge rate (only one) the brush is moved closer
to the fixed brush to increase the output, and farther away to reduce it. Usually about 3 amps when running at 3/4 throttle. If equipped with lights the output
ihas 2 settings adjusted from the light switch. L and H. Jim
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(quoted from post at 18:28:38 01/04/20) ID tag on generator # is 1101355 47328. What is the 47328 #, google can t help

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The second number is a date code.

Are you sure you are reading it correctly? For the era it's from, the 5-numerals with no alphabetical character seems odd to me.

Here's what a Delco historical site says:

"Serial Numbers and Date Codes found on Delco-Remy parts: Originally the parts were given a serial number in numerical order. These numbers are usually on the older part numbers that were three to four numbers and a letter. Later when DR went to seven digit numerical only part numbers an actual date code was instituted on the oval DR ID tags. The first number is the year, followed by a letter representing the month, and the last number was the day of the month. According to Ted Vinson the tags cost about $0.10 a piece back in the 1950s. The numbers were originally stamped on but later rolled for cost reduction.

A date code of: 3B22 would have been built in the third year of the decade (this has to be figured from the year vehicle it is on), and February 22nd. Below are the monthly codes which did not use "i" as it looks like a 1.

Jan - A, Feb- B, Mar - C, Apr - D, May -E, Jun -F, Jul - G, Aug - H, Sep - J, Oct - K, Nov - L, Dec - M.

Also the tags were colored coded for voltage: Black for 6 Volt, Red for 12 Volt, Green for 24 Volt, and possibly yellow or orange for 32 Volt.

Delco-Remy in its prime was involved in a multitude of applications involving the Starting, Lighting and Igniting of an Internal Combustion engine, no matter what the final application."

http://www.delcoremyhistory.com/museums.htm

those are building #s that gen was used on tons of tractors with a cut-out replacement regulators are also available.

Cleaning the ID tag shows the #47328 is the serial number. The tractor is a 1946 model.

(quoted from post at 15:15:59 01/05/20) Cleaning the ID tag shows the #47328 is the serial number.

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"Originally the parts were given a serial number in numerical order. These numbers are usually on the older part numbers that were three to four numbers and a letter. Later when DR went to seven digit numerical only part numbers an actual date code was instituted on the oval DR ID tags."

What seems odd is that the model number is in the modern format (7 digits, 1101355), yet it's paired with a serial number, rather than a date code.

Must have been some overlap of how things were done in the changeover period.

Could those last 5 digits be a date code? It could be 1947 March 28. We date coded things that way at a place where I worked.

(quoted from post at 16:34:14 01/05/20) Could those last 5 digits be a date code? It could be 1947 March 28. We date coded things that way at a place where I worked.

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If you look at the Delco historical site, the date code format they used was: " The first number is the year, followed by a letter representing the month, and the last number was the day of the month.".

Here's what I's expect the tag to look like: