[AT] Allis C doesn't charge.

[David Rotigel]

Clean the ground, or put a second one on (lets NOT start that  
discussion again!) and things will be FINE!
	Dave





On Dec 21, 2007, at 11:17 PM, Francis Robinson wrote:

>     MY Allis C (1946 if IIRC) has "ALWAYS" given charging problems  
> from the
> time an old family friend bought it new. He fought it for years. We  
> got it
> sometime in the 1960's I think. We rebuilt about everything more  
> than once
> over the years and finally gave it a new generator and a regulator
> conversion kit and that held for a good while. Over the last few  
> years it
> has fallen back into its old habits. I like to keep stuff kind of  
> original
> but I'm giving serious thought to biting the bullet and giving it an
> alternator conversion and 12 volts. The conversion alternator is a  
> one wire
> system (from www.natauto.com) with an internal regulator. If I  
> break down
> and do this I will keep all of the original stuff just in case so  
> it can be
> put back without chasing parts. I've just become weary of it not  
> being ready
> to go when I am far too often... My other 6 volt stuff starts well  
> except
> the #$%& CUB but that one is my fault for just not fixing it yet.  
> It worked
> perfect for many many years and will again when I fix it. That C  
> just seems
> to have a jinxed charging system... The starter on this C also  
> tends to have
> grounding problems and draws quite hard unless it is absolutely  
> perfect. I
> wouldn't think so much of it if it was not for the fact that all of  
> these
> other tractors here go for many many years without problems.
>     BTW, the old family friend didn't have a regular battery  
> charger but up
> on a shelf in the shed that the C was kept in he had an old 6 volt  
> generator
> from an old car that had a regulator and two wires that were  
> soldered to a
> couple of small sharpened nails. It was belted to an old washing  
> motor. He
> would tap the nails into the top of the battery post and flip on  
> the motor
> to charge the battery.
>     That reminds me of an item in some 1940's Popular Mechanics  
> magazines
> where they told how to make a wooden mount so you could use an old  
> washing
> machine motor (boy, those things got used for a lot of stuff) to  
> charge up a
> dead battery. You made this board to fit your particular vehicle's  
> engine.
> You took the fan belt off and belted the generator to the washing  
> machine
> motor on the board. After you charged it a while you then put the  
> belt back
> in place and started the car.
>
>
> --
> "farmer"
>
> Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the
> well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are
> showing a new road.  ~Voltaire
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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