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Restored generators with refurbished original Ford cutouts. I have Powerhouse, 1928-early-1930 and 1930-1931 long style The armatures were tested for opens, shorts & grounds, the commutators were serviced & windings were sealed. The field coils were stripped, tested, rewired and rewrapped or...

Vince Falter was selling them at Hershey. They sold out fast. He plans to make more.

I might be able to do it and bring some restored 6 & 12 volt generators.

No. Think of a diode as simply a one way electrical valve. It allows current to pass in only one direction.

Properly fitted tapers have a surprisingly strong lock. I restore a lot of model A generators. I often see deformed shaft tapers caused by some gorilla hammering on the end of the shaft. Once deformed the pulley will never lock properly to the shaft. Place your pulley on the shaft with no nut...

Rather nasty inside. I restore a lot of model A generators many of which look like that or worse. As an example, this is a mid 1930s V8 generator I restored and just finished yesterday. The armature started out looking much like yours. Glad to help if you need it. Steve

Glad you got it worked out. They are good generators when properly restored.

Good move. Now is the time to do it right.

Those wires look.pretty sketchy. Now would be a good time to remove the fields and rewire them. Make a nrw output wire too.

There only 2 wires from the fields. Your output wire going out the grommet has been trapped under the left coil making it look like 2 more wires. Pull that wire out from under it.

Looking at the brush plate end the left field wire goes to the adjustable brush. The right field wire goes out through the grommet and grounds using one of the cutout mounting screws.

Yes, fat fingered it - fixed. Thanks.

Buy the nurex diode cutout. It has a built in heat sink which is needed to draw the heat out.

49 - 51 ohms is normal.

Having refurbished hundreds of original Ford cutouts I can say that it is extremely rare for cutout points to stick together. It happens far less frequently than people think. What does happen is internal insulation deteriorates and breaks down causing a short. If you are interested in...