[Farmall] Generator/regulator update; and now what??

[Jim Becker]

Looks like the remains of a twisted off bolt.  Get some penetrating oil and 
a left handed drill bit and go at it.

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
To: "'Farmall/IHC mailing list'" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 6:13 AM
Subject: [Farmall] Generator/regulator update; and now what??


> Time for a new or rebuilt generator, looks like.  I got it all hooked up
> tonight with help from you kind folks, and still no charging.  But when I
> rotate the light switch (lights themselves aren't hooked up yet), the
> ammeter jumps to full discharge and the wires get warm fast.  Clearly a
> short somewhere.
>
> The other good news is that when I took the generator off, I noticed that
> one of the two bolts that holds the generator mounting bracket to the 
> engine
> block was missing.  So I took the bracket off to see what size bolt I
> needed, and of course the second hole is all plugged up.  I figured it was
> just the greasy gunk that accumulates around engines, so I got a tap and
> tried to chase it out.  Couldn't make a dent.  Poked at it with a
> screwdriver, then the drill.  Darn thing is filled with metal, like it had
> never been drilled out to begin with.  Can't be very good to only have one
> bolt holding the generator bracket in place, but it's evidently been that
> way a long time.  What in the foggy blue morning?
>
> Here's a photo:  http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/generator_mounting.jpg
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net