6 volt generator

Putting a Maasey Harris pony back to 6 volt, hooked wires according to diagram, when battery is connceted the generator spins ??

Power is being fed to the generator armature terminal, making it run as a motor. Either something is wired wrong or the cutout/regulator contacts are welded together.

ditto what jon said.

id which wires are what on the genny.. probably has a armature and field terminal, and some have a ground terminal. ground and field may be close togehter and are usually smaller sized connections than armature.

field will have an insulation grommet around it keeping it from being common to the casing or end plate, wherever it is located.

soundguy

If the genny case/frame is grounded and you apply battery voltage to its ARM post, it will spin like the DC motor it effectively is.

The purpose of a Cutout Relay (between battery/ammeter and gennys ARM post) is to OPEN the connection between the Battery/Ammeter and the Gennys ARM post when the tractor is shut down, otherwise the battery will discharge and the genny spin or overheat if the belts tight not letting it turn.

If that relay were to stick closed such that the relay did NOT open, the genny would spin (or try if belt dont stop it) If the tractor isnt wired correct and theres hot voltage on that ARM post, it will again try to spin.

If its a two wire simple Cutout Relay the BAT terminal wires to the ammeter (if it has one) while the other GEN/ARM terminal wires to the gennys ARM post. If its a 3 or 4 terminal Voltage Regulator it still has the cutout relay, BAT to ammeter GEN/ARM still to genny.

They make solid state diode types of cutout relays and they are polarity sensitive and have to be wired right to match battery polarity to work correctly!!!!!!!!!!!!

Check wiring,,,,,,,,,Check if its a solid state cutout if its wired right ,,,,,,,,,If it is wired correct and its a mechanical relay, check if the relay is stuck closed

John T

positive ground on these little red tractors

Yep many of the old tractors, ESPECIALLY 6 VOLT were Positive ground and if he happens to have a solid state diode type of cutout relay it wont work right if its polarity is backwards. Likewise, even many mechanical VR's are labeled for Pos or Neg ground use.

John T