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Originally Posted by LarryBible
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The generator has given up and I have just kept the battery charged. I thought about rigging an alternator on it, but the mechanical tach is driven off the generator. Maybe some day I'll attack the generator.
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That sounds like my 2040,
Henrietta (Deere Mannheim Werks - 1978) . Her alternator is trashed and a replacement (rebuilt, no less!!) is well over $250. But, she rolls over and starts so darned easily, I just keep the battery charger near to where she's parked and hook it up while she's resting.
I thought she'd met her match yesterday. I was trying to move an ancient, fallen mesquite out to where I could easily get the chainsaw on it. 20+ feet of 12" mesquite trunk lifted up 3-4 feet was all she could do. We tugged and yanked for several minutes, finally the offending roots were yanked loose and out it came like a terrier with a bone.
Doncha just love tractors?