[Farmall] F450 Switch question

[Jim Becker]

The problem is within the parts that were installed when it was converted to 
an alternator.  Since I don't know what parts were installed, or how, I am 
not going to try to outguess how to diagnose the problem.  If you have just 
done the conversion and the problem has been there ever since, you didn't 
get the conversion right.

If it were a stock system, I would give some suggestions.

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Kordick" <jkor1 at hotmail.com>
To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Cc: <jonkordick_84 at hotmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 9:24 AM
Subject: [Farmall] F450 Switch question


>I have a 450 that is confusing me.
>
> When I try to shut it off, I turn the key to the off position, and nothing 
> happens.  The
> tractor continues to run, and the ammeter gauge never changes.  I try to 
> jiggle the key
> thinking that the switch is bad, but still nothing happens.
>
> To kill it, I just choke it until it dies.  Then I turn the key off, and 
> the ammeter returns
> to the 'off' position like it should.  I turn the key back on, and the 
> needle in the gauge
> moves like it should.
>
> Is the key switch bad or is something else wrong?
>
> Thanks for any responses.
>
> Jim Kordick
> St. Charles, Iowa