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Haymaker6060 
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Posted: 11 hours 20 minutes ago at 7:06am |
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I have a 185 allis I just put a new wire harness in the old plug for voltage regulator was never plugged into anything. Does anyone happen to know where the regulator is supposed to be mounted and if it is needed. Picture would be great thanks in advanced
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 10 hours 50 minutes ago at 7:36am |
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does your tractor have an old generator... or a newer alternator ?
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Posted: 10 hours 27 minutes ago at 7:59am |
It's under the black part of the hood for the steering column. Had trouble with mine some years back. I'll see if I can find a link to that thread.
Found it, may not be a big help though.
Edited by IBWD MIke - 10 hours 17 minutes ago at 8:09am
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Posted: 10 hours 15 minutes ago at 8:11am |
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If some body put the new type alternator on you don't need the regulator
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Posted: 9 hours 43 minutes ago at 8:43am |
should look like one of these... a generator uses the voltage regulator... and OLD ALTERNATOR can have a regulator also.. NEW alternators do not need a regulator, it is internal..... How was the tractor charging the battery before without the reg ?
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Posted: 9 hours 22 minutes ago at 9:04am |
Yes has an alternator 
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Posted: 9 hours 19 minutes ago at 9:07am |
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Not sure if that’s old style or new always charged fine before changing harness
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 9 hours 4 minutes ago at 9:22am |
that looks like a Delco with a tack drive ?? If it charged before WITHOUT the regulator, then i would assume it has an INTERNAL regualtor... You can look at the TWO PIN CONNECTOR and see if they are parallel to each other or IN LINE with each other.. But since it WAS WORKING.. i think you dont need the regulator wires, but need to make sure the TWO PIN CONNECTOR is part of the NEW HARNESS.
check the two wires on the small plug on the alternator... something was rewired at that point for the alternator... you need that on your new harness.
Edited by steve(ill) - 8 hours 57 minutes ago at 9:29am
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Posted: 3 hours 38 minutes ago at 2:48pm |
 steve(ill) wrote:
should look like one of these... a generator uses the voltage regulator... and OLD ALTERNATOR can have a regulator also.. NEW alternators do not need a regulator, it is internal..... How was the tractor charging the battery before without the reg ?
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185s never had generators. All were alternator with voltage regulator from the factory. If it was charging before the wiring harness was changed, then one of the wires are not going where it is supposed to. When I bought my 190XT, one of the wires intended for the alternator was actually hooked up to the water temperature sensor! No wonder it didn't charge!
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Posted: 2 hours 22 minutes ago at 4:04pm |
he says it was charging with the old harness, and it was not connected to a voltage regulator ?? thats the confusing part... ( your right about the generator.. my bad.)... possibly a NEW alternator has been installed with INTERNAL regulator ? and need to know if it is a 1 wire or 3 wire... does the OLD harness and NEW harness have the same alternator small wire plug ?
im thinking there might be an EXTRA wire added to the OLD harness ( if they eliminated the voltage regulator) that will be neede in the NEW harness ?? .. if its a 3 wire....but the PAINT makes it look like original..
Edited by steve(ill) - 1 hour 53 minutes ago at 4:33pm
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Posted: 2 hours 7 minutes ago at 4:19pm |
My 180 has an alternator and has an external voltage regulator under the sloped hood behind the instrument panel. My 185 has no external voltage regulator.
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