Should key turn off electrics, mainly lights?

[brendan78]

Hi all as per title, does turning the ignition key off, turn headlights, side and tail off? It only seems to turn off the GEN and OIL lights in instruments panel.

I've been rewiring mine, most of original my original wires have been replaced, I have all lights working on switch etc, just I was confused the key doesn't turn them off, I've not replaced/checked the wiring into the instruments yet.

Previous owner told me battery always went flat if left for a while

[brendan78]

To add to that you don't even need the key to start the tractor!

It only turns the GEN and OIL lights haha

[oehrick]

I think it only affects the regulator / dynamo field starter solenoid coil - my lad was quietly impressed the day we went over and I'd left the tractor key at home, that the old man could 'hot wire' the old Major with nowt more than a spanner so he didn't miss out on a drive - mind you he then also understood why I keep the battery in the back of the car when the tractor is unattended

The Prince of Darkness' switch doesn't need help from the key to manage Dim Flicker and Out

[brendan78]

Haha awesome thanks for that info, really helps, I wasn't sure if it was normal or not hehe.

Thanks again

[Pavel]

The 'old man' must have had long arms, Rick, if he could press the starter lever down and at the same time reach to below the other side of the tractor and bridge the starter terminals -- or did the young lad help?

Pavel

[oehrick]

Having made sure the old girl was seriously in neutral Pavel, the old man stood in front the back wheel with right hand on engage lever and left hand went to the rubber 'tit' on the solenoid, only to find that the old mans, old man had at some point put on a solenoid with a steel can over the end, hence the appearance of a spanner to complete the circuit with

Were you incinerating that my knuckles drag on the ground when I walk ?? Brian will tell you, its only the left hand knuckles that drag, thats the Norfolk half, the other half is Polish, the arm on the RH side is not quite long enough to reach my wallet, especially when the pubs are open

[Pavel]

Remind me never to go to a pub with you before chatting to my bank manager. Is your beer still warm?

Pavel

[oehrick]

Ironically I was going to start my Christmas brew off today but Kim decided she was going to give the pantry a clean out so I kept outside but for that I could have given you an exact temperature - it will be warm while it brews and cool thereafter.

It is to be real beer, post conquest (original gravity over 1066) and not heavily hopped, as a result of this its yeast floats proudly on the surface as it works, not like that pale stuff the chemical factories out your way produce Pavel, where the yeast is so ashamed of what it has been chucked into it hides at the bottom until it eventually dies and gets sent to Vegemite heaven

I dwas amused that the schooners were kept in an icebox so it didn't warm the beer and on my last few trips over I even found one or two brew pubs in both Tweed Heads and Sydney which brewed what I think of as more traditional beers than lager. While I am a Real Ale (not CO2 gassed) enthusiast, I do like it cold rather than lukewarm - I'm the same with tea, not a great fan of it hot, and in the summer I generally have one in the fridge we've a couple of the old enginemans white enamelled tea cans with a swing handle and cup so I tend more to have one of those than a thermos if away from the house.

Anyhow, next time you are this way we'll have to look at where the froth ought to be and if it's not too warm for you, with a bit of careful twisting and bending (my toolstall manouvere) I'll grb me wallet, let out a few moths and buy you a pint