Hi Electric,
Your 800 series tractor must be a gas burner
if it was originally 6 volt.
Since it has been converted to use a 12 volt
alternator, you will be wasting good money to
put a new original wiring harness back on it.
You will be butchering a new $100 wiring
harness. You can accomplish the same goal
with a $5.00 roll of wire and some terminals.
Several circuits make up the wiring system.
The starting circuit, the charging circuit, the
ignition circuit and the circuit for the gages.
Each of these circuits individually is a very
simple circuit and easy to understand, if you
approach them individually.
Several days ago, there was a very good post
on this forum describing the conversion to 12
volts, using a Delco alternator. Look it up.
The starting circuit is also a very simple,
consisting of the battery, starter motor, starter
solenoid, and safety switch, all of which I am
sure you understand.
The ignition circuit starts with a source of 12
volt + (probably the big terminal on the
solenoid, where it came from the + side of the
battery), go from there thru the ignition switch
to the + side of the coil (possibly thru a
resistor, depending on which coil you are
using), out the - side of the coil to the terminal
on the side of the distributor.
The circuit for the gages is also very simple,
but varies somewhat between year models
depending on whether you have an ampere
gage or an idiot light. You can plow without the
gages. Fix them next winter, when it's too cold
to do anything except make love and work on
old tractors.
If you have trouble following my instructions,
post back here on this forum with your phone
number and I will try to phone you.
BTW, you may want to use a different color
wire for each of the circuits. It will make tracing
circuits simpler, in the future.
~~HB~~ in NC

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