Ford backhoe

[red bandit]

I have a 68 Ford backhoe diesel. The alternator has been replaced with a single wire alternator. The wire goes from the batt. terminal on the alternator to the positive on the battery. Will this drain the battery when not running? Should that wire be run through a switch and shut off when not running? All of the original wiring has been disconnected. The only wires on the on/off/starter switch is two wires that go to the starter solenoid.

[crazy steve]

If you have a true single-wire alternator, that's how they connect. No switch needed, the internal regulator disconnects it when the motor is stopped.

You could install a switch, but it needs to be rated for at least 50 amps (preferable more) or it will quickly fail.

[red bandit]

Appreciate the info. Thanks.

[James England]

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Your post had me googling......because.....

Because of the long-time predominance of the JCB marque in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it has become a genericized trademark there, and all backhoe-equipped diggers are commonly called JCBs, while the term "backhoe" as an excavator component is almost unknown to the general public in this context.

How correct Wikipedia is......

[motoman]

Your post had me googling......because.....

Because of the long-time predominance of the JCB marque in the United Kingdom and Ireland, it has become a genericized trademark there, and all backhoe-equipped diggers are commonly called JCBs, while the term "backhoe" as an excavator component is almost unknown to the general public in this context.

How correct Wikipedia is......

Not very(enough opinions = fact) JCB is a manufacturer of alot more than back-hoes. Here, a back-hoe is exactly that, no matter whether it be a JCB,John Deere, Cat, Case, etc.

[James England]

Not very(enough opinions = fact) JCB is a manufacturer of alot more than back-hoes. Here, a back-hoe is exactly that, no matter whether it be a JCB,John Deere, Cat, Case, etc.

Yes. We tend to call any hydraulic tool, or digger or whatever, a JCB. Even the Japanese excavators get called that and the initials JCB are nowhere on them! I'd never actually heard of the word "back-hoe" although, it does actually make more sense to call it that...it's an add-on device that goes on the back of a tractor or excavator, is it? Detachable? As in a hoe on the back of something else?

[motoman]

Yes. We tend to call any hydraulic tool, or digger or whatever, a JCB. Even the Japanese excavators get called that and the initials JCB are nowhere on them! I'd never actually heard of the word "back-hoe" although, it does actually make more sense to call it that...it's an add-on device that goes on the back of a tractor or excavator, is it? Detachable? As in a hoe on the back of something else?

Mrostly smaller units are detachable/interchangable for other hyd. operated attachments. The larger tractor hoes are fixed for that one function other than the bucket on the front. Excavators/track hoes are for that one use only, but have interchangable sized buckets.

[red bandit]

And I was just wondering if I need to put a switch in the alternator circuit. lol.

I have another question. I drained the rear end. It was brownish red stuff. I was expecting gear oil. It doesn't smell like gear oil & it's not as thick. Would that be hydrostat? What does hydrostat look like?

[DiverRay]

Hydrostat should be something like ATF. Check online, but it may use ATF in that application. It may also be someone put in redline multi-vis, so I would verify what is supposed to be in there, and refill it with the proper lube.
Oh, and I did use my dads Mas-Ferg Backhoe in my younger days. I just will NOT say what decade that was....

[Jerry]

Yours truly operating a rented John Deere 310J backhoe earlier this year, putting a driveway in on my lot.



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