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Farmall AM Instrument Panel - How it Should Look

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SadFarmall

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Finally got all the pieces together to finish the instrument panel for my Farmall M. The tractor was built in 1939, but the electric starting and lighting was not fitted until the 1950s. The equipment all came from IH, but the headlamp and switch and magneto grounding switch were moved. Now it is ready to be painted and returned to standard. I have fitted all the parts to the panel to show the correct layout. The ammeter is a Lucas BM4, the warning lamp is a Lucas WL3/1, the headlamp/ignition switch is a Lucas P.L.C.2 (horribly expensive to replace) and the fuse holder is of unknown manufacture, but carried IH part number 840 053 R92 (now unavailable). Anyway, a bit different from the U.S. specifications.
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That is quite a bit different. Thanks for showing us. Did they run a gen right from the start? I guess my real question is why did they have a warning lamp?
 
For Farmall AM and Super AM tractors, a Lucas generator and regulator with electric starting and lighting were standard, as was coil ignition. Because Australia tended to use Lucas electrical systems, warning lamps were standard. For farmers with earlier Farmall M tractors with magneto ignition, who wanted to add electric starting and lighting the warning lamp was just a nuisance, because it required a separate switch from the magneto grounding switch. Therefore, it was often not connected on magneto ignition machines or (as with my Farmall M) a magneto grounding switch fitted in its place. Not sure what I will do about this. I could fit a relay so that the warning lamp and magneto grounding work from one switch, but it could cause serious damage to various components if the relay failed and short circuited the generator and regulator to Earth through the magneto. Otherwise, I can just keep it the way it was fitted in the 1950s with no warning lamp at all.
SadFarmall
 
A push pull switch with Pushed in position being A pair of closed contacts that ground the mag, and Pulled a separate set of contacts for the Warning light and other "LUCAS" reasons. Jim
 
Ah, a very good idea to make one switch do everything; somehow it did not occur to me. The only problem would be, what to do with the 'ON' switch in the centre of the headlamp switch as it is just ON or OFF. Lots of early Lucas equipment worked very well. The generators and regulators almost never go wrong except when people treat them as mine was (and by an auto electrician). He connected a wire between the Main and Field terminals on the regulator, fitted a 12 volt battery with negative to Earth and connected it. It took quite some time for the regulator to cool sufficiently for me to remove it!
 
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