Another Ford 4000

[Soundguy]

replacing both is a bit overkill.. but i guess if you have money to burn.. why not eh?

lucas regs are pretty junky, and cause more than half of the charge problems I see on post 65 machines.. the generators, while not as robust as a ford pre 65 model.. aren't too bad.

I see no reason to replace a good 100$ genny if a 20$ vreg decides to go casters up... again.. your money to burn...

soundguy

 

[Tower]

replacing both is a bit overkill.. but i guess if you have money to burn.. why not eh?

lucas regs are pretty junky, and cause more than half of the charge problems I see on post 65 machines.. the generators, while not as robust as a ford pre 65 model.. aren't too bad.

I see no reason to replace a good 100$ genny if a 20$ vreg decides to go casters up... again.. your money to burn...

soundguy

Well, I've learned the hard way on cars that it's usually one component in a series of three that tend to break the other two. In this case, it was one of the two, and at 75 bucks for generator and 17 for regulator.... I figured with a 45 year old tractor.....it might be good to replace both.

I read a tip on another site to crank the tractor and "tap" on the generator and regulator to see which was faulty, in my case both tended to cause the battery light to go out momentarily.

Thanks for all the advice on here guys. I'm learning a ton. The tough thing is just finding the parts at a good price.

 

[Soundguy]

here's a money saving tip, next time, do 30 seconds more testing by doing a motor test, then full field on the genny, and then a cutout bypass and between the 3 it will PINPOINT the problem as to if it is a vreg, genny, or both.

gennies are much more fault tolerant than alternators, where if you have a battery go out, it can sometimes kill the alt too.. etc.

soundguy