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1964 wheel horse 854 charging system woes

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Nathan21

hi everyone, ive never tried a forum before, but here goes. ive got a 64 wheel horse 854 with kohler 8hp. tractor has old starter/generator. i installed a new delco voltage regulator when i restored it, but i cant figure out how to wire it up correctly with a volt gage replacing the ammeter, and also using a starter solenoid. the starter side works perfect and the tractor runs, but i cant get it to charge for me, its getting old charging the battery every time i need to use it. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

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posifour11

Firstly, welcome! These guys are a wealth of knowledge.

You may want to see if the wiring diagram is in the "manuals" section. Likely to find your service manual there.

Someone will be along soon to be of more help than I.

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gwest_ca

Wiring diagram is in the manual

 

When you remove an ammeter just join the 2 wires together and insulate the connection.

The voltmeter should be wired to the ignition wire going to the coil so it is off when the key is off. The other voltmeter wire is grounded.

 

Sounds like you have the solenoid working.

 

Garry

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AMC RULES

:WRS:

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T McCool

Check your stator output. You never know, things go bad...

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dclarke

:WRS:  Those 854's are great ole tractors. Good luck with it, Post some pics if you can.

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Nathan21

factory wiring diagram wont help, because i have done away with the ammeter and added a starter solenoid. what is confusing me is where to wire all this field and armiture stuff, also the voltage regulator has three terminals, an A, F, and batt, not sure what to do with any of them to get it to charge. was hoping someone with antique electrical systems could point me in the right direction. thanks again yall. the girlfriend is here, ill have her show me how to show a pic. hahaha, she just pointed out, theres a pic of me on the tractor right next to the name.

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rmaynard

I don't know if this helps, but here is a diagram that is modified to show various configurations. First is with ammeter, and no solenoid. Second is with ammeter and solenoid, and the third is with VOLTMETER, and solenoid.

 

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Nathan21

thank you! i will try it that way when work slows down for me!!!

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TT

The voltmeter should be powered by key-on source so it's not constantly "hot".

 

It wouldn't hurt to protect that circuit with a 5 or 7.5 amp fuse either.

 

Modified schematic:

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rmaynard

Good call Terry. I copied that drawing from another forum some time ago, and I remember now a discussion about the same thing.

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buckrancher

nathan was the original 70 amp key switch bad as why you went to the soleniod

if you were unaware you can still buy them new from cole-hersee #95521-B

 

Brian

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