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  1. J

    860 battery won't charge

    The generator shop took back the new (bad) regulator, which was nice of them. I picked up another new one at NAPA. I installed it, and (surprise!) it didn't work (no charge to battery). I jumped the regulator base plate to various grounds with no effect. Next I jumped arm to batt and it showed...
  2. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Sure, and I did. I took the battery to the shop to have it load tested. It failed. I replaced it. With the new battery installed, the charging system still showed no charge (which I verified with my voltmeter). So I took the rebuilt generator and the VREG to the generator shop and had them both...
  3. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Drat! Hooked everything back up (including new regulator), checked belt tension (1/2" deflection), started the tractor, and the ammeter showed over 20 amps of charge at about 1,000 rpm. I've never seen the gauge read so high! Throttling up to about 1,500 rpm showed nearly +30 on the gauge! Max...
  4. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Update: I took the battery in for testing; it flunked, I replaced it. No matter: charging system still not working. I unbolted the generator and the regulator and took them both to the local shop. The owner threw them on the test stand. Generator tested fine, but regulator was only putting out...
  5. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Thanks Tim. Between thunderstorms I managed to check the battery's static charge: 6V, pretty weak. I'll get the battery tested and replace it if necessary. It wasn't a cheap battery, but deep-cycling it instead of fixing the charging system probably didn't help it any. I'm wondering if I fried...
  6. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Thanks -- that sounds like the test I need to do. Just so I'm sure I understand, you mean jumper (1) the arm and field terminals at the generator, and separately (2) batt to arm at the regulator, right? Thanks again.
  7. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Tim, greetings. Thanks for the detailed responses. I think the tractor's wired correctly for 6V positive ground. The wiring is pretty simple and I followed the wiring schematic in the original shop manual (which I have, along with the operator's manual and the TO-20 manual). I will triple-check...
  8. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Dean -- the ammeter (working) shows slight discharge when I turn the key. No change when the tractor starts, even at higher rpms (1500 or thereabouts). Once upon a time when it worked, the ammeter would show charge on startup, then settle back down to right around zero like it should. I also...
  9. J

    860 battery won't charge

    Hope everybody had a good Fourth. I have an electrical problem I was hoping I could get some advice on: my 860 isn't charging the battery and I don't know why. The tractor is 6V positive ground. If I recall, the battery wasn't charging when I got the machine seven or eight years ago; I...
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  11. J

    641 carburetor

    Dunno if Greyphase is still following this thread, but CTPhil is right! I misread the Carburetor Shop list; the 580 kit is for a 1957 640; the 765 kit is for the 641. I forgot the early 641s were 1957 models too. Hope you get what you need!
  12. J

    641 carburetor

    Hi Royse. Thanks for looking! My 593 bowl was leaking from the drain plug. It's that crack you can see in the earlier post. Otherwise it was fine. If you think it might be fixable, I could certainly send it to you. If you want to email me about it, you can write me at my name (first.last)...
  13. J

    641 carburetor

    Oh, petcock, good idea!
  14. J

    641 carburetor

    Hi Royse -- that's interesting, thanks for the info! So you can buy carburetor "toe tags?" What a niche item. I guess I should confess, I probably made that crack worse. When I first got the tractor the carb drain was leaking a little bit. I gave the plug a twist without thinking it might not...
  15. J

    641 carburetor

    Yeah, if that's possible, maybe I can get the machine shop to try it. I guess I thought the plug would never seal because of the crack.
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