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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    It's me again, Margaret. Just got around to swapping out the voltage regulator and it's got a charging system now for the first time in who knows how many years. Just in time for Dad's 89th birthday. We'll be laying some rows this evening and planting some okra, peas, and squash...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    I did actually think about that. Since it can drop out when throttling down he might not think to keep hitting it though....he was never too good about looking at the two dash lights which is why the key would get left on a couple times a year. If the key is off the bright green led I put on...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    I really appreciate everyone's generous help especially on a Sunday. I'm gonna go spend some time with my parents and revisit this thing in the fall.
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Ok, got the wp belt tensioned so I can actually turn the motor over by hand with the fan. Generator was and is tight. Same status.
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Nevermind...got the original manual...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Honestly I can't see how to tension the wp/fp belt. The water pump and crank are obviously fixed and the diesel pump is hard lined and I don't see an adjustment but it's caked with crud. Starting it up and revving don't really show any slippage to the eye, and the fact you can ground the field...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    The water pump belt must be slipping when shut off not the generator belt. Doesn't seem to affect it when running though and touching the field as it'll charge then. Good point though. Maybe the startup load is too much. I'll check that.
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Yes it looks like it charges if you just touch a wire from the VR case to the field terminal and then remove it. Continues to charge until throttling down enough that the generator voltage drops below battery voltage, then won't start charging again after revving up but the armature comes back...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Hoping so. Generator is rebuilt original to tractor 1100422 so I guess I'll look for a 20A A type regulator at NAPA. Don't like seeing threads like another on here where someone said they once bought five regulators before they got a good one. Might just have to flush the money like happens...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Thank you. I linked a thread in the first post that had your guide in it. That's where I started.
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    An uneventful update: After church and covered dish lunch, decided to do one more thing. Wire brushed two spots on the generator case (front lower mount ear and one of the end plate bolts) and ran 12awg wire from front bolt to rear bolt to VR upper ear (opposite original ground strap) and then...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Thanks for the help. My wife works for a company that is part of the NAPA Parts Group so she can get discounted parts. I'm hanging it up for now. Spent too much of my limited visiting time on the tractor and Mom's '93 Fleetwood that left her stranded and has been sitting waiting for a month...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    As long as I can remember he's had to put a charger on it, and I'm 48. Last year he got a wild hair and wanted to get the busted out lights working so I put in hi/lo LEDs, a switch for them, new led amber flasher, and led red rear light. I told him if he's going to have lights he needed to get...
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    What would be a regulator I could try instead of one like I linked and bought from the farm supply place? VR 650? I'm leaving Monday and probably won't be back until fall.
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    424d Generator and VR test and question

    Thanks. Just for back ground I have an EET and used to work commissioning power plant equipment and automation, now just work in maintenance in an automated warehouse to get off the road. That's not to say I know what I'm doing exactly all the time but that I am experienced with using a meter...
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