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Hmm... fair point. Maybe I subconsciously turned the key, I'll try it again later :)

Something else worth nothing. When I was cranking the starter with no ign or fuel, there was one very brief moment when a cylinder ignited. Likely some residual fuel enough for a half firing. Whenever I turn off my car I always let the car run with fuel shutoff as the carb drain out. That all...

I made an attempt at two things. 1 - Cranked the motor with no ignition/fuel to see if the bendix pops out. Did not. I let it crank for quite a few complete revolutions 2 - I did inspect the ring gear and rotated the crank by hand. From what I can tell it's in pretty good shape. Sounds...

On cold starts my bendix disengages early after a few engine rotations and free wheels. On the 2nd start attempt the car fires right up. It happens 100% of the time and can't figure out what's going on. I replaced the spring, no change. I even replaced the entire bendix assy from an original...

I'm running a 160 deg tstat and have hit 140F so far peak. Ambient temp is around 50-60 at the moment. I have the Extreme Touring 11FPI Radiator which is the coolest per Brassworks.

Get a new one from Brassworks and wait the wait. I initially tried to repair my original radiator at a well known shop. Paid $500 however still ended up overheating and throwing it away. Got the Brassworks for $1100 and running cool (too cool actually!)

Wanted to provide an update in case anyone runs into this. It turned out that my field coils were 12V units. I have no clue how this got in the car under the previous owner. I'm now getting 8V and roughly 3A out of the generator. Thanks for all the help here.

Well, I'm getting there but not as clean as I would've liked. Was able to remove the paint however the primer which almost feels like body filler is caked on there. Had to use a blade to scrape off the surface even after soaking it in lacquer thinner. I don't see any black on brass repro tags...

Here are some pics I have on my phone. Can take close-up ones later next week.

What my real problem is, is my original tag is painted over. If I pop the tag off and dip it in paint stripper would that remove the original markings? I'm not super familiar with acid etching.

I need it for a 30' Tracking the usual resellers have these; however heard they are of low quality.

I'm looking to get a Briggs body number plate with my SN stamped. Does anyone offer well made repos? I saw some older posts to contact larry-gwyn@consolidated.net however have not received a response in weeks.

^ we talked that. But 16V? It shouldn't be putting that out even with the wrong fields

Quick update, I removed the generator from the car and did a full inspection, continuity and isolation test. Everything checked out the nominal. I took the generator to a local shop and had him test it out on the test bench. It was putting out about 16V, he then did a motoring test and commented...

Based on this my, last bullet in post #5 is the culprit, correct? I should have full isolation between the terminal post to structure.

What is the expected resistance between the two wires in the generator? I did not visually see any indications of rubbing against armature but easy to take a measurement.

I recently purchased this vehicle, so don't have all the history. Battery is new dated AUG-2024 I did recently changed the 3rd brush in the generator, it had broken I just removed the battery to chassis copper ground bar and cleaned/sanded/scuffed it up well. Hoping this would do it, no...

I'm having a bit of a head-scratcher moment with my generator. With the 3rd brush set all the way up my ammeter is pegged and reading close to 20A. This is with no lights or any external accessories turned on. Questioning the accuracy of the analog gauge, I took out my digital clamp style amp...

Checked grounds between housing to chassis and got 0-0.1 ohms. I took off the cover to verify my brush position. It wasnt all the way up, maybe 3/4" down. Moved that to the very upmost position. Maybe that was it?

Correct, which I fixed. This issue is happening now, post repair.