Eyecatcher
Gold Member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2012
- Messages
- 368
- Location
- Pomona Park Florida
- Tractor
- Yanmar EX450, Ford 8N/2N, Case 580C backhoe, Massey 185
I started a previous thread that I named "my new 2N". That became confusing, because it is an 8n, possibly a 2n motor (by SN - hard to read). So let me start over!. Soundguy, I appreciate you setting me straight on the meter thing, it never dawned on me that the digital sampling rate was the problem. I purchased an economical, yet rather nice analogue multimeter on e-bay, and am quite please with it, however only one of the resistance scales work - I'm sure the vendor will exchange it. It did however work great on the old ford with no meter bounce. This old tractor had all kinds of melted insulation wiring, I'd say about every wire on it was bad. It had the alternator conversion with a single wire Delco unit. It still had stickers on it being a rebuilt, but of course it didn't work. We have a very good local starter/generator shop who had rblt the starter, so I took it to him, and he replaced the diode pack and VR. I have the same alternator on my old case backhoe, and I don't like the 2000 rpm before it starts to charge, so I had him convert this back to a 3 wire, and it charges great. Didn't get a gas tank with it, so rigged up a plastic 2gal lawn mower tank for temp. Rear wheels are set for minimum width, so the valve stems are inside. One of them has a bad stem, so my next task is to switch tires side to side and get the stems on the outside so I can work on them.