Super H: Magneto or Generator

I have a 1953 Stage I Super H.

for my next rpoject o nit I would like to replace the wiring harness.

How do I tell is I have a Magneto or a Generator?
and does it make a siference with the harness?

However if your tractor has been converted to an alternator, buy a Stage II harness. You will wind up not using one of the two wires that connect to the generator, but the harness will be the correct length to make the alternator connection inside the ammeter box.

If you are refering to magneto or distributor, the magneto is fairly tall with a square box on top with a high voltage wire coming out the front of the box and going to the distributor cap on the end. A distributor is more round, with an externally mounted coil. The exception is if you have a magneto that has been modiifed to use a battery ignition coil, in which case it usually still has thebox on top, but a se[erat e coil. Now I totally confused you, right?

You can have either, neither, or BOTH, because they"re in two completely different places on the tractor and serve two completely differnet purposes.

The magneto makes the spark plugs spark. It"s on the side of the engine, out in the open. You can either have a magneto or a battery ignition.

The generator charges the battery. It"s up under the hood. I"d dare say that every Super H came with a generator. A few probably have been converted to 12V where the owner installed an alternator in place of the generator. This will be OBVIOUS if you look. If there"s a thing that looks like the alternator in your car up under the hood, you have an alternator.