Pulled a Homer.

[wedge40]

I work 11 hours days, so if I wanna get anything done after work I have to get home and get started. Tonight I wanted to get the box scraper on and see if I could touch up the driveway a little. The generator on the tractor isn't working so every 8 or 10 starts I have pull the battery and charge it. For some reason this usually involves doing a recondition first.
Tonight I get home, get the little ladder so I can put the battery back in. Get that done put the tools away and jump on the tractor, fire it up and start to pull forward. I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. It was my little wooden ladder being eating buy the tire. I gave a little Doh and continued. I'll miss that ladder.

Wedge

 

[teg]

I like your title... Laid a six foot step latter on the shreader to go prune the apple trees. Got up to the apple trees and didn't like where I parked so I backed up... DUH, on top of the ladder. Got an 8' latter now .

 

[Tig]

I call it making kindling with the tractor.

 

[Shmudda]

Wooden ladders are overrated and dangerous anyways.....

Good firewood......

Craig

 

[Redbug]

Now you have an excuse to get a fiberglass one.

With the 11 hour days...do you get 3 or 4 day weekends? I'm stuck having to work 8 hour days and only 2 days off... 2 days off just ain't enough days off in a row to get much accomplished...

 

[Soundguy]

Wanna work on that generator issue? Since yours is a 67, it is a lucas system.. B circuit, and will be 12v. In many cases, a polerization will get the genny going.

Get a jumper wire and jumper bat to field.. then start her up.. see what that gets you.

If nothing, then jump bat to field with her running at 1000 rpm.. if that gets you charge, then replace the reg as it has a baf field circuit. ( about 25$ ).. if still nothing, then jumper bat and arm, while leaving fld jumped to bat.. if that gets you charge.. again.. replace reg.. as you have a bad cutout, in addition to the possibility of a bad field. On the off change it is the gen, slip the belt off and do a motor test... jump bat to field, and armature... genny should spin.. if it does.. that's good.. most gennies that spin ( motor ) will charge.. most gennies that charge.. will motor.

soundguy

 

[wedge40]

Redbug - I work 9 1/2hrs (1/2hr lunch), but with a one hour drive each way, that makes an 11 1/2 hour day. Usually closer to 12. We work 80 hour pay periods, M-Th I work 9 hours, alternating Fridays I work 8, and every other Friday I have off. Make for long weekend twice a week. Oh and tractor shops are always open on Fridays.

Soundguy - I asked about this months ago in YT just haven't gotten around to checking it out yet. Too many projects I guess. How do I know which is the armature and which it the field terminal. Also, to jumper this, what size wire to I need, how much current are we talking. It really sounds like the easiest would be to remove the gen and see if it works as a dc motor?
If I do find it's the gen, I'm thinking of just going to an alternator and getting rid of the external regulator. Or would there be places to fix the gen?

Shmudda - I'm gonna miss that ladder, I had it for over 20 years. One of the first things I purchased when I go out on my own. I'm hoping to find another one to replace it.

Wedge

 

[Soundguy]

If you asked on YT.. i probably answered you over there too.

Small 14awg wire is fine for a jumper.. typically field current is lower than 6a.. and more like 3a.. same witht he polerization... small wire is fine for this quick jumper..

No.. don't remove the genny to motor test it.. leave it bolted up.. just slip the belt off.. no need to make more work for yourself than needed???

Armature will be the larger screw/post stud ont he rear.. field will generally be a spade lug on the lucas.. in any case.. it will be a smaller wire than the armature wire.

To change to an alternator you will need to get a set of brackets ( cnh and tisco sell them ), and then an alternator.. like a delco 10si, 3 wire job. then you will need to wire it up.. if your old gen has the tach drive on the back.. you will loose it.. unless you buy the alternator conversion that has it.. which is a few hundred bucks.. or you can get an older externally regulated delco 10DN that has a drive and conver it over.. but all that is WAY harder than just getting the stock genny rebuilt ( usually less than 80$ ).. and perhaps a new reg.. ( usually 25$ or so ).. I find it easier to fix what i've got than to rip out the entire system and start retrofitting parts..

soundguy

Soundguy - I asked about this months ago in YT just haven't gotten around to checking it out yet. Too many projects I guess. How do I know which is the armature and which it the field terminal. Also, to jumper this, what size wire to I need, how much current are we talking. It really sounds like the easiest would be to remove the gen and see if it works as a dc motor?
If I do find it's the gen, I'm thinking of just going to an alternator and getting rid of the external regulator. Or would there be places to fix the gen?


Wedge

 

[Ridgewalker]

My most recent Homer moment...I put my Husky in the front bucket to transport it back from a worksite in the woods at the back of my place. On the way back I noticed a pile of gravel from when the road was built that would nicely fill a low spot puddle in my road.

So I got a nice scoop and dumped it in the puddle only to watch my nearly new Husky tumble out into the puddle covered in gravel.

And did I tell you about the time I filled the saws gas tank with bar oil?

I blame it on my ADD, luckily nothing was damaged other than my pride in both instances. My arm did get a little sore cranking the saw after I removed the oil and re-gassed it.

 

[wedge40]

My brother put diesel in a radiator by mistake once. The farmer he was working for wasn't too please, but chalked up to learning.

Wedge

 

[wedge40]

Oh.. I put a new regulator on and everything works fine now. I guess I need to start looking at the simple things first from now on.

Wedge

 

[dbdartman]

I'll admit to a "Homer" I pulled 3-4 weeks ago. Doing a 4bbl intake/carb & header installation on my bro's 86 AMC Eagle wagon (258" 6-cyl). Most of the "hard" work was done & one of the last tasks was to make up fuel lines from the filter to the bowls of the Holley carb. Carefully measured, cut, & bent the lines. Started adding fittings & making the double-flares. Wouldn't you know it (if you've done double flares, I'm sure you now see this coming),I get to the last flare on the shortest piece of line, make the flare, THEN discover I didn't put the fitting on the line first. DOH!!!! First time I've made that mistake in lots of years (maybe 10?).

 

[woodchuckie]

I topped off my brake fluid resovior once before a trip from central Alabama to Disney World. Oh and I topped it off with Automatic transmission fluid. We made the trip fine and parked in the carport when we got back late that night. The next morning when I went to drive the car, the front wheels wouldn't turn. I was finaly able to drive the 6 miles to a repair shop. Had to replace the calipers as all the rubber had turned to mush. Brake fluid is not the same as atf.

I also had to dig out my metal detector from a load of dirt when I forgot it was in the fel.

 

[Soundguy]

Oh.. I put a new regulator on and everything works fine now. I guess I need to start looking at the simple things first from now on.

Wedge

At least you have a charging system now.

soundguy

 

[Egon]

At least you have a charging system now.

With Lucas?????

 

[Soundguy]

With Lucas?????

Lucas, the prince of darkness.

Actually.. the gennies are reasonable well built devices.. the regulators on the other hand are a tad crummy.

Compair a lucas reg for their genny = 25$.. a ford reg for a ford genny = 40$.

Just about any time I repalce a lucas 12v reg for one of their B circuit jobs.. I usually pay 25$ and get a 12v ford reg for a diesel 01 series tractor. Cost more.. lasts longer.. near same specs.. except the lucas reg is charge limited to 20a.. and the ford reg is charge limited to 25A.. and you really don't want to suck 25A out of the lucas genny.. so if you do that reg swap.. watch you total wattage loads and keep them at 240W or less..

soundguy

 

[wedge40]

With Lucas?????

I ordered from YT and if Lucus is in China then it could be from Lucus, but I really dont think that's the case.

It works and thats the important thing.

Wedge

 

[Soundguy]

Lucas regs work.. usually.. sometimes.. but i don't find them to be as reliable as ford regs, in the long run.

I see lots of ford tractors from the 50's with original or vintage regs... I see lots of later lucas equipped fords with replaced regs... that's very telling.

soundguy

 

[nate_m]

The rototiller tends to dig a lot deeper when you put the kick stand up.