Since the generator was dead and obviously out of commission for some time, I'm thinking it's likely somebody might have tried jumping this tractor from a car at 12v if they had trouble hand cranking it - perhaps they got a little carried away cranking it and blew it up.
I guess I'll never know what happpened, but at least from the info you guys have given me, I can move ahead with some confidence.
as for a shop re-doing the armature, the metal plys are actually sparated and bent. It's total junk.
The bearing and brushes, and somehow even the field coils are apparently all in good condition (after cleaning out the junk)
I'll look for a replacement armature, if I don't find that I'll try to locate a used starter.
(I'd just buy a new one, but my wife's already getting suspicious about all the shopping bags from various tool and auto parts stores...)
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