How do I test a regulator?

[extonDIY]

there is more detailed guide about this, there are steps how to test it.. I don't want to put it here since it would be not good for that site and
would cause plagiarism https://howtoimprovehome.com/test-voltage-regulator-tractor/

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

Does anyone know of a way to test a regulator? My tractor used a generator/regulator setup. Now I what to know if the regulator is good or bad.

I always test them kind by putting a GM type alternator on and press onward.

 

[ROUSTABOUT]

Yeah. It seems like a 12 volt conversion driving a 6 volt starter would burn it up but actually the starter's internal windings are twice as heavy as needed, so all that happens is it cranks twice as fast. I think overall the life of the starter is about the same as it would have been using 6 volts. BTDT - on a 54 Willys Wagon with Studebaker 259 V8, the only engine that dropped into those and bolted up without adapters. It started real good!

I've seen them with 239 Ford flat head v8 in them too. I had a dodge A 100 4x4 pick up that came with a continental 6 but a Willys super hurricane replaced it. Had a few Willys pickup trucks and a wagon. One truck had a 144 Ford six and I changed it to a 250 six out of a Fairmont that was rear ended at 17,000 miles. That was all the engine needed with 5.36 gears.