Tractor stopped charging (again!)

Posted by Brett in KS on June 14, 2005 at 20:52:49 from (158.247.205.240):

Hi,
My D19 is not charging again. It stopped charging last spring. It stopped charging one day when I was blading snow. I shut if off and went inside and an hour later went out to finish the job. It wasn't charging when I started it back up, but 15 minutes later it was charging again. It seemed like it would only charge when it wanted to. Then a couple of weeks later, it stopped charging altogether.

I went and bought a new voltage regulator and installed it. after polarizing it, I started up the tractor and it wouldn't charge. I took the (new) voltage regulator and the generator to John Deere and had it tested. They said the voltage regulater was bad. I got a new one and installed it. I polarized it and started it up. It was finally charging! I put it in the shed (this was last week.) Today, when I went to move bales, I got it out, and it was charging fine. I pulled up to the bales and glanced down and the ammeter and the darn thing showed a slight discharge. I then drove it over the the shop and on the way there, it started charging again. I tested the voltage at the battery with a multimeter and if I remember right the voltage was about 13v. I shut it off and turned it back on. It didn't charge after that.

Running, the voltage at the batter is 11.9-12.04v . Voltage on the "A" terminal or Gen terminal on the voltage regulator said about .5 v. What is it supposed to be? Does that mean it is charging a little, tiny bit? Does the regulator need adjusting?
I know I polarized the regulator and generator when I installed them, and it was charging after that.
All the terminals have been clean and the connections are good. I'm out ideas. Does anyone else have any?
Thanks in advance.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Tractor stopped charging (again!) Brett in KS 06:39:55 06/15/05 (2)
  • Re: Tractor stopped charging (again!) Hermit 19:03:18 06/15/05 (1)
    • Re: Tractor stopped charging (again!) Brett in KS 06:03:28 06/18/05 (0)
• Re: Tractor stopped charging (again!) Hermit 05:35:08 06/15/05 (0)
• Re: Tractor stopped charging (again!) Jason Simmerman 23:01:45 06/14/05 (0)

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