Re: 6 or 12 volt?

Posted by Nebraska Cowman on February 05, 2006 at 13:58:03 from (65.169.97.160):

In Reply to: 6 or 12 volt? posted by Mark Co on February 05, 2006 at 13:14:34:

If you have magneto ignition you can put in a 12 v with no changes. Many times the old generator will put out enough juice to keep it charged. If you have a distributor ignition you will want to add a ballast resitor ahead of the coil. Lots of guys like to update the old generator to a one-wire alternator. You can do this conversion for less than $100. Don't listen to the purests who tell you to keep it 6 volt. Those were ALWAYS a pain in the butt to get started even with a BIG 6 volt battery they always gave trouble, and that was 40 years ago. I don't think they have gotten better. I have 2 Ms on 12 volt systems. One with alternator and the other with original generator. Both work swell, always start and there is no way I would convert them back. When I was a kid and they sold a John Deere on a farm sale it was just a standing joke that the lone Deere was to "tow the Farmalls with"

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