Tractor Alternator Upgrade Ford 3000

[@JamesDail-d4n]

1st, this is a great video!! I have a 1970 Ford 2000 with an aftermarket front loader. Thanks for posting this for all of us to learn from your expertise!! I followed your instructions and wired it exactly as you instructed. Started it up and it worked perfectly, 1st try. I opted not to buy a kit and simply bought an alternator for a 1974 Chevy C10 Pick-up with a 350 V8. There is no tach connection is the downside, but it is locally available and has a lifetime guarantee for 1/2 the price of a kit. I used existing mounting bracket with a 7" x 3/8" bolt to secure the alternator to the lower bracket. To align the alternator pulley, I attached a piece of 1" angle iron to the original engine mounts then drilled holes in the angle iron to allow for alignment of the alternator pulley. Final adjustment was completed using steel spacers from Home Depot on the 7" bolt.

[@larryheninger3499]

Thanks for the nice comment. To be honest, I would have been just as well off to have went your route by buying a GM alternator. This kit was poorly put together. The alternator still works great but the work it took to properly mount in modification made the kit mounting parts worthless. Your resourcefulness in mounting yours seems to have done really well. And, it makes the tractor more reliable in the field.

[@CoraPlummer]

Certainly amazing. One of best I have seen. Answered several questions I had about generator on my 1974 Ford 3400.

[@Jeffrey-t8g]

35 years ago I put a 1974 Vega alternator on a 1962 Ford 641 tractor. 3 wire, charges 13.5 volts at idle. Weren't no KZbin or internet then, figured it out on my own. Looked like it came from factory when I finished.

[@larryheninger3499]

@user-yj7yn4fi4l good deal. I used to work around a lot of things that way my self. I was always upgrading old 6 volt 50's cars and trucks to 12 volt by using 70's and 80's alternators from mostly GM vehicles. Pleased to meet ya!

[@MrBruce0777]

Very good video thanks. I'm about ready to start the same converting on a ford 3000

[@savoielvis1]

This is an amazing video!!!!

[@stevenzahm6333]

Thank you for this video just ordered a conversion kit very helpful ✝️✝️✝️

[@larryheninger3499]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GulabKhan-tp3qy]

Very nice tractor

[@philliphall5198]

Last kit I installed came from S and it was complete with every thing

[@BRENDAJASON1]

Did you have to change your 6 volt coil heard it would burn the points up and noticed you don’t have power steering, same here

[@idid7087]

I am from Poland, I have got 4000 model and I use alternator from ursus c-360 and it match surprisingly well and IT cost 1/4 price od this kit

[@deepcangler]

So that’s why the 10mm sockets go missing.

[@larryheninger3499]

Yeah, I always figured they went to the same place missing socks went to. But sometimes my junk tool drawer comes in handy.

[@DavisMichael-wx5mp]

Didn't like that top bracket rubbing the sheet metal. Did you get it off enough not to wear a spot?

[@larryheninger3499]

I think you may be referring to the top adjusting bracket. If so, I ended up not using the bracket with the kit because it did not allow enough adjustment for the new belt and as I recall, it did rub the sheet metal. I instead took the original bracket and shaped it to fit the offset and it allowed a longer adjustment and better clearance on top.

[@alteredaustin1]

Hi. I have the same conversion on my 3000 and the belt just broke. There's no number on it. Do you know what belt you used? None of the places that sell the kit can tell me the belt part number. Thanks.

[@larryheninger3499]

I know it has been a year since you asked this question and I apologize. I'm afraid I'm in the same boat you are in now. the numbers have rubbed off my belt since I bought it but I had to measure to get one to fit originally.

[@andrewsmith941]

Did it work you never showed it.

[@larryheninger3499]

You are correct, But I did start the tractor after completing it and showing the completed job as a success and the meter showing 14 1/2 volts charging. And, I opted for just being silly and taking it for a spin around the field with the bush hog mower to show it worked just fine. You can see this at the end of the video along with my obvious lack of vocal abilities. The problem with some of these kits are that they are not always so cut and dried, and ready to install. I actually could have bought a GM alternator and made my own bracket. But even modifying the bracket they sent saved me some time. They supplied a pretty decent wiring harness. The instructions were horrible, faded and hard to read. If a person was not familiar with automotive charging systems, they might have been a little lost. You will have to replace the belt because the length will be different and mine had to be longer. If I missed your point about it not working, I appolgize.

[@GulabKhan-tp3qy]

I'm tractor drive in.1973

[@craigcopeland7039]

What size bolt did you use on the tensioner bracket?

[@larryheninger3499]

Hi, Sorry for the late reply. I have been out on the property for the last weeks working and not around the computer much. The tensioner bracket is attached to the top of engine block (on the gasoline engine) where a cover is located for a water jacket. You use the outside bolt closest to the alternator to run through the bracket. Of Course, the bolt that is used for the adjusting slot, screws into the alternator. You should check your alternator for proper thread size and bolt length because some of these alternators may be metric that comes in kits or if sold as a lone unit. I would hate to give you a size, and you damage your threads in the aluminum housing. Thanks for watching!

[@1hdoilfielddad244]

i just bought this kit for my 4500 backhoe and its definately not bolt on. i have to slot the holes and im going to have to get a different belt. the kit gets it done, but its very poorly made.

[@larryheninger3499]

Yeah, I had to slot the bracket as well. The spacer that came with it was useless, and I had to make one. I reused my old top adjusting bracket from the old generator. I heated and bent it to shape. And like you, a new belt was needed. These kits are not well-thought-out it seems. The wiring harness was good that came with the unit.

[@1hdoilfielddad244]

@@larryheninger3499 i have to assume the harness was good because it came from the alternator not the kit. i have the 301 diesel and the diesel bracket will work. i ran the nut down on the bolt and just got it to bend the u bracket to the spacer.