Lyndon - AB
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I've been working on getting my 1940 GT ready to fire up, and am getting fairly close. I got fairly lucky on my tires, we broke them down today and the tire guy says both are good enough to remount after I clean up the rims a bit. Not good enough to pull with, but with 15-32's, anything that will hold air is a plus, I'm thinking. Just a few other little things, and should be good to go.
Now, to the questions. In the manual it mentions stopping the engine by pulling the magneto ground switch. The whole wiring system on this tractor is shot, so I have to start from scratch, and the manuals aren't much help here. I see a post on the magneto for a wire, does that wire go to a switch on the dash, with the other side of the switch grounding to the tractor frame?
Also, is this tractor like most older Minnie's in that it's a positive ground? And, last electrical question, I would assume there should be a voltage regulator on the generator, does anybody have a part number for it? The generator is present, but no voltage regulator.
While I'm at it with the questions, one thing I find odd with this tractor is that the rear wheels seem to be locked together. No differential action. It rolls forward and backward fairly well and without any funny noises, but I can't get the wheels to turn independently of each other. Should I dig deeper into this before I go much further?
I feel like these are kind of dumb questions, but this tractor is the oldest and rarest I've worked on, and really don't want to mess anything up.
Now, to the questions. In the manual it mentions stopping the engine by pulling the magneto ground switch. The whole wiring system on this tractor is shot, so I have to start from scratch, and the manuals aren't much help here. I see a post on the magneto for a wire, does that wire go to a switch on the dash, with the other side of the switch grounding to the tractor frame?
Also, is this tractor like most older Minnie's in that it's a positive ground? And, last electrical question, I would assume there should be a voltage regulator on the generator, does anybody have a part number for it? The generator is present, but no voltage regulator.
While I'm at it with the questions, one thing I find odd with this tractor is that the rear wheels seem to be locked together. No differential action. It rolls forward and backward fairly well and without any funny noises, but I can't get the wheels to turn independently of each other. Should I dig deeper into this before I go much further?
I feel like these are kind of dumb questions, but this tractor is the oldest and rarest I've worked on, and really don't want to mess anything up.