My Little Big Show Haul

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Of course I didn’t make any extravagant haul this year, but I still managed a few things.

 

I found a dash stand for a ‘62 tractor.  It’s not much special, but it would help if I choose to make another mock 1045 tractor.  $5 well worth it! I also scored a running K-181 from @JoeM for a spare.  This made me wonder though.  Could a stator equipped engine be converted to @pullstart?  It would be cool to feed some small draw LED’s automatically when it’s running.

 

 

 

@roadapples gave me a couple one bottom plows.  If I can set these up for a slot hitch, they could be “house loaners” at plow days if need be.

 

 

@stevebo gave me these 16” AG tires.  They don’t match, but they are a buttload better than the truck tires currently on Jackie!

 

 

Mrs. P grabbed us one of Ehston’s (spelling?) tiny scaled Seniors too... so I guess you could say we did buy a tractor this year!  I was trying to make a cheap round hood score at the end of Saturday, but neither of us would budge for $30 in either direction... so it stayed on his trailer.  It was a basket case, but didn’t have to come home.

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10 minutes ago, pullstart said:

Could a stator equipped engine be converted to @pullstart?  It would be cool to feed some small draw LED’s automatically when it’s running.

 

If it has a magneto ignition it would be very easy. If you wish to use the charging stator for lights or what not, I think that you will need to run some sort of battery in order for the reg/rec to work.

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1 minute ago, Achto said:

 

If it has a magneto ignition it would be very easy. If you wish to use the charging stator for lights or what not, I think that you will need to run some sort of battery in order for the reg/rec to work.

Good point.  What’s the point of a charge coil and no starter?

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7 minutes ago, pullstart said:

What’s the point of a charge coil and no starter?

 

Walk behind equipment is the only stuff I've seen with that type of application. Snowblower with lights for example.

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If it has the stator on it just leave the starter off and add a recoil cup and rewind assembly like off a 704

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Charge stators create AC LEDs like DC  will need a diode....however the pulsing may cause flickering...

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LEDs are diodes.  Hook them up in pairs with opposed polarity.  At lreast it works for descrete LEDs.  Probably need to do something different for something like LED headlights.  I've done this for headlights on a couple of my Lionel locomotives - toy train stuff.  These run on 8 to 20 volt AC.  No noticeable flicker.

 

It has been a while since I did that, so I don't really remember the details.  Simple circuit, though, just the two LEDs and a resistor.  

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5 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

LEDs are diodes.  Hook them up in pairs with opposed polarity.  At lreast it works for descrete LEDs.  Probably need to do something different for something like LED headlights.  I've done this for headlights on a couple of my Lionel locomotives - toy train stuff.  These run on 8 to 20 volt AC.  No noticeable flicker.

 

It has been a while since I did that, so I don't really remember the details.  Simple circuit, though, just the two LEDs and a resistor.  

Search for a cheap diode bridge. I posted notes on how to wire one in a recent thread.

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2 hours ago, Handy Don said:

Search for a cheap diode bridge.

 

Or ask a friend of yours to grab you a few in line diodes out of his hard ware bins.  Be glad to bring a few to Portage for you Kevin.

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I think I’ve talked myself out of it already... but thanks Dan!