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29Chevy, Thanks! It’s a different model than I have, but I’ll check it out.
I did make a little progress today. After my soldering job failed yesterday,
I retried attaching the hot lead to the field coils.
Again, I tinned the lead wire, but this time, bound it to the field coil wire terminal,
using four strands of copper wire, then soldering over it all.
Time will tell.
I finally came to the conclusion that the Rheostat didn’t have to going
in the “hot” side of the circuit, so I wired it into the ground. I’m pretty
sure that’s correct for this unit……… at least it appeared
to work on the bench.
Sadly, the 12v battery sat in the tractor all winter, was down to 9 volts,
and out of “oomph”!
Will try to charge the battery tomorrow and play around some more.
I had to order some grommets for the wires going through the motor
case, so the wires aren’t permanently routed yet.
BENCH TEST VIDEO
Prepare to be boarded!