Ford 641 charging problems

[MillWeld]

I just replaced the volt regulator on my Ford 641 tractor (1958, 6 volt) because the old one wouldn't register a charge or discharge. The new one showed charging at about 10 A immediately after I started the engine. Ah ha, I thought, solved the problem. After a few minutes of driving I noticed the ammeter needle bouncing between charge/discharge and in a few minutes more it deadlined and the generator light came on. bummer Is the regulator blown? There were no instructions about polarizing the regulator as I had done years ago when I previously replaced it so I did not polarize it. Did that screw it up? Any ideas?
Bob

 

[Soundguy]

seems like you dupe posted this message in the NH forum as well.

that makes the threads difficult to follow.

I already posted a detailed response there.

you might want to take a moment and read the rules of the site.. they generally don't reccomend multi-cross postings.

soundguy

 

[MillWeld]

seems like you dupe posted this message in the NH forum as well.
soundguy

Sorry, yes, I did but got no responses after 24 hours and tried to delete it but couldn't. (there is a del option in the edit button but wouldn't delete).

Thanks for the reply.
Bob