Posted by swilk on July 28, 2010 at 12:53:41 from (159.218.200.150):
Bought a 1965 4000 over the weekend and I am working toward fixing every little thing that is wrong with it.
One of the problems with the tractor was the fact that the factory wiring harness was a complete and total mess. No gauges were hooked up. Nothing worked other than the ignition start circuit .... and it had the neutral safety bypassed.
So ... I rewired the ignition system to include the neutral safety switch and basically eliminated every other wire and plan to start fresh.
The tractor has an alternator without a tach drive on the back.
My questions ..... is there a way to drive the tach directly off the engine? Seems I may have read somewhere that under the oil filter there is a way.
Second, what is the "best" way (or perhaps "ways") to get all the necessary gauges working? Can I purchase an aftermarket gauge cluster and just wire everything up? I have read enough to confuse myself on this one .... I dont think the tractor was ever a 6v system so none of that 12v with 6v gauges should come into play correct?
Keeping the wiring harness factory is not a concern .... functionality is.
Are the factory gauges considered reliable enough that I should be comfortable using them or would I be better served going with mechanical gauges?
The oil and water sending units are still installed ..... water is in the side of the block and oil is in the front of the head. Do I have these backwards? Oil sender appears to be bad ..... using a test light gets nothing when jumped to +12v.
I intend to install a 12v 30A relay to run the front headlights and rear work lights.
This post was edited by swilk at 13:13:36 07/28/10.
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