AHS 1,443 #1 Posted January 18, 2021 Ok, i have no clue about the starter/gen! I am about to find out! What is the little box on top with the three leads? The tractor has been sitting for about 10 years... so my initiative is to take the start/gen off and bring it into ebbersons electrcal, and see if it’s fit for running at about 4,000 rpms. What do you think? The motor still turns over and the starter/gen. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,697 #2 Posted January 18, 2021 Don't even remove it. Leave it right where it is. If it's turning it's turning. There is a way you can bench test that if you disconnect all the wires and take the belt off but I'm not sure I would even bother until you get the tractor running.... Those things are so incredibly simple on the inside that if you can turn a wrench you can replace a bearing. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OldWorkHorse 3,045 #3 Posted January 18, 2021 Watch "Zip Tip Starter Generator Testing" on YouTube https://youtu.be/FHAMSuyo8Owhttps://youtu.be/FHAMSuyo8Ow used this the other day took all of 30 seconds 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,329 #4 Posted January 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, AHS said: What is the little box on top with the three leads? That is your voltage regulator. About the only thing that can go wrong with most S/G units is bearings and brushes and you can get them on and fix it yourself. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,922 #5 Posted January 18, 2021 They’re so simple, Uncle Jim can do it! That’s virtually all he rolls with! 2 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,443 #6 Posted January 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Don't even remove it. Leave it right where it is. If it's turning it's turning. There is a way you can bench test that if you disconnect all the wires and take the belt off but I'm not sure I would even bother until you get the tractor running.... Those things are so incredibly simple on the inside that if you can turn a wrench you can replace a bearing. Ok! I’m not gonna mess with it! I promise!😀 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,443 #7 Posted January 18, 2021 Wait a minute! My 65 power king has on, a starter/gen... a that had been outside for at least 5 years and no problems! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,697 #8 Posted January 18, 2021 If the hood is kept shut it shouldn't really be getting damaged 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,697 #9 Posted January 18, 2021 32 minutes ago, OldWorkHorse said: Watch "Zip Tip Starter Generator Testing" on YouTube https://youtu.be/FHAMSuyo8Owhttps://youtu.be/FHAMSuyo8Ow used this the other day took all of 30 seconds Good post Steve. That's a great simple test. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,834 #10 Posted January 18, 2021 Yes do the quick test as in video. If it passes don't fix it if it ain't broken. Get the motor running for tests on the regulator. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Tuul Crib 7,336 #11 Posted January 18, 2021 Norman at lsavetractors has great videos on the starter jen. Its on youtube 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,443 #12 Posted January 18, 2021 2 hours ago, ebinmaine said: If the hood is kept shut it shouldn't really be getting damaged Yes it has on both. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,443 #13 Posted January 18, 2021 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Good post Steve. That's a great simple test. I watched the video, it couldn’t be any easier. I watched them rebuild it, easy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AHS 1,443 #14 Posted January 18, 2021 I just got this mug!! With a $50 gift card inside, from my wife!! Even after I told her about the 857! I think she wants me to buy more Wheelhorses.. I’m pretty sure...🤔 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,247 #15 Posted January 21, 2021 On 1/18/2021 at 11:36 AM, AHS said: I just got this mug!! With a $50 gift card inside, from my wife!! Even after I told her about the 857! I think she wants me to buy more Wheelhorses.. I’m pretty sure...🤔 Looks very cool! At least give a passing thought to something she's been hinting that she'd like before jumping onto FB MP and CL and the Bay! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,697 #16 Posted January 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, Handy Don said: passing thought Thought. Okay, past it...... Funny thing about that Don. Trina and I don't normally spend that much on each other anyways but if she had the wherewithal to give me a gift certificate she would expect fully and 100% that I used the money for myself. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,247 #17 Posted January 21, 2021 37 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: Thought. Okay, past it...... Funny thing about that Don. Trina and I don't normally spend that much on each other anyways but if she had the wherewithal to give me a gift certificate she would expect fully and 100% that I used the money for myself. Of course she would. Not suggesting that anyone would use a gift to buy the giver one. Be a gracious and thankful receiver! (Without receivers, there can be no givers, right?) But also reflect on how it feels to receive a gift so that, in the not distant future, one might choose to surprise the giver with something neat. I rail (in vain, I fear) against the phrase "giving back" and the like. No gift giver I know expects or wants their gift to be given back--it was a gift, after all, given in the expectation that it will be used and bring pleasure to the receiver. But to say "I have received gifts and from that I have learned the value of gifts so I am choosing to become a giver myself", that warms me. "I am giving back" seems discordant; "I am giving" seems harmonious. (exiting soapbox) 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
