8N generator bushing replacement

While I got ya; The amp guage shows a draw when starting but then goes to zero. It never indicates +. I don't have a charge problem but, why wouldn't the gauge show that it's actually charging? Just curious. Thanks!

2.) Your ammeter is NOT wired correctly.

One side connects to the battery cable, at the stater solenoid, and ALL electrical loads, PLUS the charging system connect to the other side.

If it is still an "inductive ammeter", the wiring passing through it is connected effectively in the same manner.

Another way is to fill the hole with the bushing in it with implement grease and then using a steel bar of just about the same OD as the ID of the bushing give the grease a good whack and it should pop out part way. Then refill the hole and place the drift in the hole and whack it again.

First time I ever saw that trick done I was 16 years old and was doing some clutch repair on my old '38 Ford and a man who grew up with a wrench in his hand performed that trick to get the pilot bushing out of the flywheel. One lick was all it took. I've repeated it many times over the years.

Zane

HOWEVER, I'm a bit leary of using that method with the thin casting of a generator endbell, not to mention an aluminum one!

Check the wiring on the ampmeter to the battery wire on the voltage regulator. You probably have a replacement ampmeter that has 2 screw lugs on it rather that the original with the slide through loop (no physical connection). I'm guessing that someone rewired it and got the voltage regulator BAT wire hooked to the wrong side of the ampmeter.