Thanks for all of the comments. I'm making this harder than it oughta be, ha.
To kinda explain it - I kicked myself for connecting to the wrong terminal. I intended to hook it to the upstream side of the ignition resister, and got on the downstream terminal instead. The wiring is all new, and taped up into a real nice neat harness, and then I noticed that I screwed up. So I'll splice on another piece of wire and do it right. I'm trying to make this tractor leak free and neat looking - it will be a lifetime first for me. No used lamp cord dangling from under the sheet metal. No wire nuts anywhere. No loose tape tails flipping in the wind. No flickering lights.
It's not the only mistake I made - I completely forgot to include the wiring for the hour meter.
I also should have mentioned that I have a diode in the excite circuit so it won't backfeed the ignition. I have a question for Jon on that subject.
Jon - would you clarify your comment please? Are you saying that a diode is not the best choice in the excite circuit? I have already installed a diode in this one, but on other projects I've always used a resister to limit the current, with no problems.
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