Engine Stand (wiring diagram)

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slowspoke

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Hey folks! I have an 8ba in the machine shop at the moment and would like to start drafting up a wiring diagram in preparation for mounting it on a stand. I never had the opportunity to see this motor wired up in its original format so this is all new territory for me. Looking for advice regarding this setup. I guess I’m primarily looking for a ‘bare bones’ schematic; however if I had high resolution of the original schematic I could attempt to work out the items that aren’t applicable. Any advice would be appreciated. BTW iv never worked on 6v system.
 
Not sure what you know or don't know, so first off, Ford 6v systems are positive ground. The positive (+) battery terminal connects to the ground and the negative (-) terminal is power connection. How the engine is wired up on a test stand depends a lot on how you want to do it! I can tell you how I would do it, I would use a starter solenoid and a voltage regulator.

You would need a battery with some type of mount for it.

A starter solenoid

A pushbutton for the starter solenoid

A switch to turn the ignition on and off

A voltage requlator for the generator.

This is assuming you want to run the engine on the stand for an extended period of time. To just fire it up for a short period of time it could be much simipler. If this is the type of setup you are looking for, I will draw you up a wiring diagram.
 
Thanks Seery! This is a motor I never had a chance to hear run; however, I’m still interested in utilizing all the original parts (for now) so this would include loadomatic, generator, starter. I assuming these parts weren’t converted.
 
One thing I did was to add a mid-'50's Chrysler Ballast resistor on a switch so I could cut in in if I needed it.
 
Here is a start of a diagram.
 

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You might want to do a search of the forum and read what the experts here have said about running a newly rebuilt engine on a test stand. Good luck and have fun.
 
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