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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Oops, Bruce Mahr and Brad Gunnells, I just now noticed your replies also—for some reason they’d gotten hung up in my spam filter while Bill’s and Stuart’s had gone through. Appreciate the interest and discussion!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>And Brad, roger that, I appreciate originality… but it’s sure as heck nice when things just work well. I did make a point of keeping the original generator, still bolted to the original generator mounting bracket, so it’d be easy to put the tractor back in original condition if ever so desired. But I’m not going to lose even a moment’s sleep over using that tractor with a working alternator.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dean Vinson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 10, 2024 7:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group' <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] 3020 generator -> alternator<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Thanks, Bill and Stuart. Very satisfying project, and I learned a lot. One mistake I made up front was to think I should use a 1-wire alternator, since I’d seen them mentioned frequently in any number of websites about converting generators to alternators. So in my rush to get started I bought one before really thinking through how everything would work, only to belatedly realize it had no capability to make the generator warning “idiot” light on the 3020 work. So I got out the credit card again and went and found a 3-wire version of the same alternator, which is what’s now on the 3020. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>As for the 1-wire alternator, rather than trying to return it I decided I’ll just put it on the Super M, which likewise has always had a troublesome regulator/generator but doesn’t use an idiot light. Why spend money for return shipping, right? I’m *<b>saving</b>* money by putting this on the Super M, I keep telling myself. Of course, there is the little matter of the ammeter only being good for 20 amps and these alternators cranking out up to 60 or so, and it turns out Precision Tractor Parts sells nice looking vintage-style IH-labeled 60-amp ammeters… :)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>