How to Restore Tractor Magnetos: Vintage Tractor Electrical System Repair, Restoration and Wisdom

By Neil Yerigan

Book Overview

How To Restore Tractor Magnetosis the essential guide to farm tractor electrical systems and offers the tractor restorer all the information needed to restore, repair and diagnose magnetos. Authored by the late Neil Yerigan, who was a master of working with vintage electronics, the book comprehensively covers how magnetos function as well as how to troubleshoot and repair common problems. The fine art of non-destructive disassembly is covered in detail and is a key ingredient to keeping your magneto (and your tractor) happy and running. Now back in print, How To Restore Tractor Magnetos includes sections on the most common magnetos, including those made by Wico, American Bosch, International Harvester, Fairbanks-Morse, Case, Eiseman and more. Also included is voltage regulator field repair and testing, electric starter motors, and wiring advice. Yerigan augments the book's technical detail with anecdotes about the trials and tribulations of day-to-day life in his state-of-the-art (for 1936) south Minneapolis electrical repair shop.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982173369
• ISBN13: 9780982173367
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Octane Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.7"