Is your machine GREEN or RED of the YM186D ??? This will determine which of the parts manuals to look at. I have both the green and red tractor versions in PDF.
Green!
Is your machine GREEN or RED of the YM186D ??? This will determine which of the parts manuals to look at. I have both the green and red tractor versions in PDF.
Green!
Whew, glad I asked.
See attached. and especially sections 15 to about 20.
Wish there was something better. It's all I have on this hard to get info machine. :2cents:
There's what looks to be part of a YM186/D shop manual for your tractor in the preferred red plastic cover version for sale right now on ebay. But I doubt it is a complete copy. I say incomplete because it just isn't thick enough. I have several of those in my library and the entire manual is a good 3" or 4" thick. The one on ebay looks to be only an inch or less. So be careful. These are not bound, they are loose-leaf binders so that they can be updated.
Yanmar USA was a real good company. Everything top notch....that's probably why JD bought them out.
YM186, YM186D YANMAR Shop Service Manual | eBay
Like all these OEM US manuals, this one should have extensive pages (in section 40 and 240) on trouble-shooting the electrics. Plus a dozen schematics showing electrical flow in all of the various voltage regulator/alternator configurations as it regulates the charging voltage.
The condition doesn't look all that good. The price is what I have paid over the last few decades for these red plastic OEM Yanmar shop manuals - though in far better condition, thick and complete. In fact, I think they cost pretty close to $100 back when you could buy a YM186D new at the dealers.
No, I've never seen a green 186. In fact, I've never seen a powershift green Yanmar. Not sure they were made that way. I have seen photos of JD and Yanmars being built on the same assembly line.
rScotty

I recently bought on Ebay a CD/download that is a truncated version of that excellent YM186D Service Manual. The CD turned out to be 'YM186 Tractor Workshop Overhaul Manual.pdf' and it seems to be the same as the engine and driveline portions of the Service Manual but missing the hydraulics or electric chapters. Worth the $10 if you don't need those topics. It's 308 pdf pages.The index in the left margin is bogus, it covers the Powershift internals, then up to page 45 for the engine (piston rings), ends there. But the subsequent manual pages seem to be all there despite the truncated index.There's what looks to be part of a YM186/D shop manual for your tractor in the preferred red plastic cover version for sale right now on ebay. But I doubt it is a complete copy. I say incomplete because it just isn't thick enough. I have several of those in my library and the entire manual is a good 3" or 4" thick. The one on ebay looks to be only an inch or less. So be careful. These are not bound, they are loose-leaf binders so that they can be updated.
YM186, YM186D YANMAR Shop Service Manual | eBay
Like all these OEM US manuals, this one should have extensive pages (in section 40 and 240) on trouble-shooting the electrics. Plus a dozen schematics showing electrical flow in all of the various voltage regulator/alternator configurations as it regulates the charging voltage.
rScotty
SNIP....
Did Yanmar ever issue separate repair manuals for 1) Engine/driveline, 2) Hydraulics, 3) Electric, for YM186? This Ebay CD seems to be an authentic copy of the first, then with a poorly researched index. Now today I see another vendor offers the same CD. Caveat Emptor.



The schematic I attached earlier confirms that.I found the schematics for a 220 in the internet, I guess this is the most close to the wiring on the tractor.
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Is this correct? :
The temp sensor is NO (normally open) and the lamp gets tested during cranking as a result of the relay which is activated as it is connected to the switch which also activates the starter solenoid.
The oil press sensor is NC (normally closed) while the key is in the ON position the lamp is tested/on because there is no oil pressure. As soon as the engine cranks or runs there is oil pressure which opens the switch (in the sensor) and turns the lamp off.
YM186 should have the later 'pancake' alternator with the diodes over in the regulator. That regulator has a short cable with six blade connector.The alternator has AC or DC on the output?
Today did some testing on the wirings, finding out which wire is connected to what, most is ok.
The oil pressure wire wasn't connected to the sensor, connected it, works fine now!
Took the wire off from the Water temp sensor and tested it to ground, lamp works!
Battery lamp is on constantly on.
Disconnected the alternator (connector has 2 wires)
VAC Measurement in the 2 wires says: ....nothing
While the engine is running of course, @different speeds.
So I took it home for further inspection.
The alternator has AC or DC on the output?
Get out your HF multimeter and check the resistance between the two output wires. It should be near zero. If infininite, see if there is a broken/burned connection in there that you can repair. But probably the windings are the weakest part.OK will check the forum. Just opened the alternator, only coil, no electronics, 2 terminals.