Alternator ?

Which is it..

If you have a generator.. you may simply need to re-polarize it. The NAA used a B circuit genny and regulator.. polarize ( and full field ) by jumpering bat to field momentarilly. This will polarize it if the engine is not running. if the engine is running it will also full field it and produce max charge.

Try to polarize it and then start up.. if the ammeter comes to life.. you are good to go. if still no charge.. full field the genny... bat to field. if still no charge.. leave it full fielded, and then jumper from arm to battery to bypass the vr fully... that is.. you have the field and cutout bypassed. at this point you should have max charge if the genny is working.

If not.. I'd take both to a genny repair shop and have them fix it.. way easier to fix a genny/get a new vr than to go to the hassle to convert to 12v.. You would need a new coil, an alternator.. belts.. brackets.. etc.

Soundguy

My betting is it ain't been converted but I've been wrong before. Theres many a tractor that the PO (Previous Owner) just used a 12v battery and every nite connected a 12v charger to it and didn't even worry about changeing the electrical gennerator system to 12v. Your tractor can run for hours on a 12v battery; most 12v battery hold about 900amp/hrs and yer ignition only takes about 3amp/hrs.

Most 12v conversions use the common Delco 10SI aluminum framed alternator with built-in alternator. (donnno what an alternator looks like? check yer 12v belchfire V-8 or rice-rockett 4-cyl)

Use the 3-wire version with idiot light 'cuz it charges at low rpms of tractor engine. The deceptively desireable 1-wire version needs about 1800rpms before it starts charging. I don't like jazzin' a cold engine to 1800rpms, do you? And YES, you will haffta change to a NEW alternator mount iff'n you convert.

Keep tellin' ya, I flunked mindreading and you've gotta do a better job describing yer abomination of electrical miss-mash..... ....Dell

here's the deal. it is possible that the generator was rebuilt as a 12v genny.. lots of people do that as 'stealth' conversions. If that was done.. you may need to take it to a shop to check what vr was used.. and what circuit type it was wired as.

Now.. Some people simply drop in a 12v battery and don't convert the charging system... that may be your case.. a 6v genny.. and 12v battery... etc.

If that is the case.. I'd see if the genny will still charge 6v.. and if so.. check to see if 6v will turn the starter etc.

No reason to use a 12v solenoid, as a 6v solenoid works on 12v fine.

You probably need to have your genny checked at a shop to see what it is at this point.

Soundguy

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