Flathead generator
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Topic: Flathead generator
Posted By: ACinSC
Subject: Flathead generator
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2023 at 10:38am
| Fav son found an old generator buried in the dirt way back in the woods . Just curious as to what it came off ? Found 21 A 42 10139 on it , which seems to have been on a 1940ish Ford flathead car . Probably have pics up soon . Anyone have a clue ? Thanks ! |
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Posted By: WeisAC2
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2023 at 12:18pm
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Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2023 at 12:33pm
| There it is , looks like it's been buried a while . Thanks |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2023 at 1:01pm
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http://www.allfordparts.com/%20" rel="nofollow - http://www.allfordparts.com/ again... click on this link and it will appear in the link bar at the top of the page... delete the %20 in the link and hit ENTER... you will be at the ALL FORDPARTS page.. go to page #7 for a drawing of the old generator............ and for some reason that site does NOT want to link... here is a screen shot..  http://www.allfordparts.com/%20" rel="nofollow - ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2023 at 1:04pm
some parts are available.... ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2023 at 1:18pm
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type in "ford generator 21 A 42 10139" in the LINK BOX at top of the page and you will get a GOOGLE SEARCH of several sites... ( if you use GOOGLE). ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 09 Jun 2023 at 1:25pm
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Thanks Steve, good info. Sure would like to know how it got where it was. Maybe 🤔 someone was off roading? Always heard Uncle had a still back there years ago |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2023 at 5:52pm
| Pulled generator apart and it has/had some kind of cloth inside ? What the heck was that for?? Thanks |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 11 Jun 2023 at 8:22pm
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The field coils were originally wrapped in a cloth material to insulate them from the body of the generator. It tends To come apart over time in conditions such as you found that one! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2023 at 6:24am
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The sad thing is I have TWO of them, in 'ok' condition in the garage attic...... they'll have to 'go to China' as I was told my stuff next door HAS to be removed... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2023 at 7:08am
| Thanks for the explanation Phil. Learn something every day. |
Posted By: DonBC
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2023 at 12:23pm
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That long mounting bracket allowed it to be moved up or down to adjust the tension on the V-belt that went around the crankshaft pulley, the water pumps on each side of the 'V' and the generator on the early flat head Ford engines. I had lots of first hand experience with these engines. ------------- Jack of all trades, master of none |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2023 at 12:31pm
| Thanks Don. Been wondering about that. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2023 at 12:49pm
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My first car was a 1953 Ford convertible with the flat head V8
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Posted By: DonBC
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2023 at 1:01pm
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Henry Ford was intelligent and frugal. The first V8 engines were largely based on the castings for the model A flat head four. One side was mounted at 45 degrees and the second side was essentially a mirror image of the model A casting mount 45 degrees the other way and offset by the thickness of a connecting rod. ------------- Jack of all trades, master of none |
Posted By: ACinSC
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2023 at 2:37pm
| Interesting , Thanks Don ! |