I apologize as I am not a Ford man, but I working on quite a collection of Farmalls.
A local farmer asked me to look at his 500(?) Ford that is not charging. I would guess the model somewhat irrelevant, but I can get more info if needed. It looks like an N tractor, but it has that big fancy circle up high on the hood. If I remember correctly, it said some 100 number.
Anyhow. The tractor is still on 6 volt with a generator and VR. Both were replaced within the year by the dealer. The first gen the dealer put on started on fire on the way home. This certainly hurts my confidence in the second rebuild.
When testing all three posts on the Gen I got 6v. Same at the battery and VR. This tells me the Gen is not putting out. So I spark the VR. No click like my Farmall, but it still sparked. Restart and same results. Now I am at a loss.
I know some Farmalls had something that needed to excite the gen to get it going everytime. IIRC this was tied into the oil pressure system.
Any help on what I missed or what to look for next would be great.
A local farmer asked me to look at his 500(?) Ford that is not charging. I would guess the model somewhat irrelevant, but I can get more info if needed. It looks like an N tractor, but it has that big fancy circle up high on the hood. If I remember correctly, it said some 100 number.
Anyhow. The tractor is still on 6 volt with a generator and VR. Both were replaced within the year by the dealer. The first gen the dealer put on started on fire on the way home. This certainly hurts my confidence in the second rebuild.
When testing all three posts on the Gen I got 6v. Same at the battery and VR. This tells me the Gen is not putting out. So I spark the VR. No click like my Farmall, but it still sparked. Restart and same results. Now I am at a loss.
I know some Farmalls had something that needed to excite the gen to get it going everytime. IIRC this was tied into the oil pressure system.
Any help on what I missed or what to look for next would be great.
