It turned out to be a faulty Ammeter. The alt. was good it had to go through the ammeter to get excited which there was a short circuit in the ammeter so the alt could not get excited.. If that makes sense.
It would be nice to know if there is an indicator light in the dash.I just wanted to keep it simple and use a warning light to tell what the alternator is working or not for my 580ck 188 diesel that uses a stop pull cord to shut the motor off. No electric solenoids
I'm lost here Jerry,
1) How did they test it? are there two terminals at the black plug that they hooked up to the tester? What makes this a "one wire alternator", where did you get it, how was it advertised?
2) belt tight enough, pulley not worn, engine revved up?
3) Is this Voltmeter a handheld multimeter, or a dash mounted multimeter that says (10-12-14-16V) or an AMMETER that says (-30amps to +30 amps). If it's a voltmeter, what IS the reading?
4) How many wires do you have hooked to the alternator installed on your tractor? how many in the black plug area?
thank you Tinkerer I'll keep ya updatedI think that the two indicator lights need to be eliminated from your one wire alternator circuit.
One of them can be used if you change your alternator to a three wire set-up like I posted a photo of.
Did you replace the broken ammeter with a voltmeter ?I disconnected the idiot light and broken ammeter, recharged the battery.. I am lost on what to do with idiot light and voltmeter gauge. perhaps I need to start at the beginning ?
yes I replaced the broken ammeter with a voltmeter..but wired something wrong so now I am going to start from scratch.......starting with step 1.Did you replace the broken ammeter with a voltmeter ?