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07-19-2023, 06:09 PM | #1 |
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1935 generator rebuild
Back in May I was at the Luray pre-war swap meet and picked up this crusty 1930s flathead Ford generator for $20. I didnt need it, but for $20 why not. This week I thought it would be a good idea to rebuild it for use in my '35 Fordor. After scraping of 75 years of crud, I found the date code 2-P. That equates to February 1935! Wow, what a nice surprise. It was pretty nasty, but I'm finally getting to the clean stage.
This one has the radiator fan mounted on the generator pulley. To take the stress and thrust, the generator uses double row, angular contact open bearings with felt seals. Sound engineering at the time. But now I'll replace those with a double row, angular contact sealed bearing and spacer. While waiting on the bearings I'm getting the rest of it ready. Its much nicer working with clean parts 😀 |
07-19-2023, 07:01 PM | #2 | |
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Re: 1935 generator rebuild
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07-20-2023, 09:27 AM | #3 |
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Re: 1935 generator rebuild
Looking great so far. I will be watching your progress as I need to rebuild my '47 6V generator and I have never done one before.
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07-20-2023, 11:38 AM | #4 |
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Re: 1935 generator rebuild
Good job. I like the machine you have there, looks like it would be a good project to make a home made copy
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07-20-2023, 11:47 AM | #5 |
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Re: 1935 generator rebuild
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