Clark Thompson wrote:I dont like to covert from 6 vt to 12 but sometime it depends on what your going to use the tractor for. Most of the time there isnt much wrong with the 6vt system other than a new regualtor or a set of brushes in the generator. If you going to use the tractor for working and the generator and regualtor is shot.If you need to get a rebuilt generator , replace the regualtor and the battery also this would cost a couple hundred bucks to do.Then its much cheaper to convert to 12 vt. You can get a delco one wire alternator for about 65 bucks. Then you need to alter the generator brackets slightley to mount the alternator.Do a little rewiring. . also a new 12 vt coil & Light bulbes. you will have about 100 bucks in converting.If your going to use your tractor for show and a investment then you want it original. Converting it is a NO ! NO!.
I never thought of mentioning that the generator was bad, this was known 7 years ago when it last ran. This cub is going to work for a living. I told the wife that anything I can't mow with my cub, I am tilling up and planting flowers or vegetables, ready to go out and play with it. I need to find a rebuilt kit for the starter, or at lease a set of brush arms, and the springs that go on them. The starter is working good, but the in-laws recommended I replace the brushes, and the assembly that holds them. We had to spend about an hour taking the starter apart, drying it out, and getting the brush arms to move properly. I really was amazed obout how much they did, with the very poor quality of the materials they had at hand. Had I not seen those two do it, I would have been very doubtful to see someone get a starter working with the condition it was in.
