Dave_Id said: (quoted from post at 15:48:11 08/22/12) Try switching over the wires on the amp meter. A six volt system used a positive ground, and I assume you switch over to negative ground with the alternator, but forgot to switch over the ampmeter. I did the same thing when I switched over my M.
Thanks... I actually never thought about that. This conversion was already done before I bought the tractor. I took the ampmeter apart ... there is practically nothing in there.
The posts to which the wires connect are connected to a piece of aluminum that is bent and routed down around I guess a magnet, that rotates on a little shaft allowing the magnet and attached pointer to rotate... no connection.
The aluminum is intact so it should have charged, but it didn't, I lubed the shaft a little with some wd 40, put it back together and hooked up a couple wires and touched it to the battery posts ... in both directions ..... nuthin'
durn
This post was edited by realolman at 17:19:32 08/22/12.
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