Hello again and thanks to everyone who posted a reply. I don"t own a volt/ohm meter but will have to invest in one. As I said, this electrical system really challenges my abilities. I did try putting a 12 volt battery in the tractor very briefly and it didn"t correct the problem. The ammeter just wiggled back and forth between 0 and full charge, very fast. So I have the 6 volt battery back in the tractor as it was. It is hooked up as a positive ground, and the tractor does have a generator and not an alternator. That other little porcelain thing fastened to the outside of the distributor did look like a ballast resistor but the wire coming into it and going out from it was connected to the same terminal, which made no sense to me, so I took the whole thing off and that still made no difference in the high rate of charging. The tractor still runs fine. When you turn on the ignition switch, the ammeter registers about a 5 to 10 amp discharge, until you start the tractor, then it goes to a high rate of charge and stays there. If you turn on the headlights, it will charge a little less but still about 15 amps according to the new ammeter. And yes, I am sure the ammeter is hooked up right. Keep your ideas coming as I would love to solve this problem myself and not have to haul the tractor to town to get fixed, it"s a long way! Thanks for all your ideas!
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