I've gotten myself in over my head and need some help with the electrical on my 52 B.
To start, I had the starter and generator rebuilt several years ago when I started working on getting the tractor running again. When we were getting it running for the first time, something happened in the regulator on the generator. It got super hot, like a contact was in the wrong position and was shorting out. May have been because I didn't polarize it properly?
Anyway, I took the generator in to an auto electric repair shop to be looked at again and they convinced me to get a 6 volt alternator. The electrical had been stock to that point, 6 volt negative ground with an Wico XB distributor.
I've tried doing some reading, but need help. What's my best path forward? Put on the alternator and rewire for that and switch polarity at the same time? Or should I try and get the original generator functioning and keep it as is. The selling point on the alternator was that it would be cheaper than repairing the generator and more reliable.
Thanks in advance for any help
To start, I had the starter and generator rebuilt several years ago when I started working on getting the tractor running again. When we were getting it running for the first time, something happened in the regulator on the generator. It got super hot, like a contact was in the wrong position and was shorting out. May have been because I didn't polarize it properly?
Anyway, I took the generator in to an auto electric repair shop to be looked at again and they convinced me to get a 6 volt alternator. The electrical had been stock to that point, 6 volt negative ground with an Wico XB distributor.
I've tried doing some reading, but need help. What's my best path forward? Put on the alternator and rewire for that and switch polarity at the same time? Or should I try and get the original generator functioning and keep it as is. The selling point on the alternator was that it would be cheaper than repairing the generator and more reliable.
Thanks in advance for any help