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Bus Driver: My 1963 Farmall 140 is very little newer than Wayne's. My 140 serial number is 22157J. When I bought the tractor the previous owner had most of the electrical ruined. 6 volt battery was stone dead and wouldn't take a charge. Grnerator, regulator and ampmeter were toast. The tractor did have a 6 volt coil. I still have that coil but not sure it is any good. I still have the generator and the number is 1100042 9E5, Delco. I assumed at the time that tractor was 6 volt, however I have no idea what was original and what may have been replacments. I changed the tractor to a 12 volt alternator, bought a 12 volt coil, 12 volt battery and a new ampmeter. The ampweter was the last thing I replaced and had to do that to get tractor to run. I must admit, I really never looked at the lights, one was missing completely and I automatically replaced the sealed beams in the other two with new 12 volt. I have since found a matching light. I thought when I bought this tractor it was 6 volt from the factory. It was owned until 1990 by the guy that bought it new. Some hot shot businessmen bought his farm, equipment included. In roughly 12 years these new owners were never able to get the tractor running. It was stored in a heated warehouse since 1990. My opinion, these guys were cheap, they changed little or nothing, hired servicemen not playing with quite a full deck. A friend and I went to pick up the tractor when I bought it back in 2002. We went armed with fresh gas, good 12 volt battery, points, condencer, cap, rotor. With fresh gas and the 12 volt battery we had going in 5 min. and it ran long enough to get plow and disk and load all on the trailer. We hauled it 100 miles in rain sleet and snow, and it wouldn't start when we arrived at my place. By then it was damn cold, thus we didn't try very hard. Just started 130 and pulled it off along with plow and disk. As I said, my thoughts were this tractor was 6 volt from factory. What do you think?
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