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[Mike Anderson]

Oops, sorry, I forgot to resize the photo.

The tractor is a '41, by the way.

Mike

[erik]

One more try...
Picture of the gauges on my OC-3, the lower ones are Oliver original but the upper is a Jaeger water temp gauge./Erik

[erik]

Picture of the backside of the panel./Erik

[erik]

Picture of connection motor/tempgauge./Erik

[Mike Anderson]

Great photos!  That helps a lot.

My instrument panel has one 1/4" hole in the middle, between the two gauges.  What are the the two buttons or switches on your panel controlling?  Is that the kill switch?  Or as was mentioned, is your kill switch part of the starter switch.

Mine had a key, I'm sure not original, in the 1" hole to the right of my gauges.   It needed to be on for the generator to charge the battery.  The tractor would still start and run with it off, just no charging.  

Mine has lights, too.  Just two on the front that were (are!) missing their guts.  Does anyone know if bezels and lamps are available to fit the original cans From the discussions above, should I assume that the key was for the lights only?

Thanks, Mike

[Eric Severance]

Thanks for the comments guys. Mike, your HG looks like it is going to come out just as good or better to me. Yours being an early HG will have the mag ground on the starter switch at the back of the battery. I think the key switch is original, and it only operates the lights. The voltage regulator should have a cutout in it that will keep the battery from draining when not in use. The 1/4" hole in the center is for the screw that holds the fuse block for the lights. The late HG's (1949 or so), and OC-3's had the mag ground on the gauge panel like Erik's, and the other switch operated the lights.
Erik, that is a good looking OC-3 you have there. What year is it ? My temp gauge is very similar, only my send unit is connected to the pipe plug at the back of the head. What is the red light for ?

[thecatskinner]

Mike, my top switch is for the lights and the bottom for the ignition, that also agrees with the book.
Look up in one of my earlier posts and there is a listing for lights.
I can't answer about the key--I don't have one:(

[Blake Malkamaki]

Originally posted by Mike Anderson
Dang, Erik, that is one fine looking GG!

I like the mounting for the temp gauge on your other machine.  Are you going to make it look like the GG?  Shouldn't take too long  ( I got a D when I clicked on a smiley...wonder what will happen).

I'll post some more pictures as I go along.  Sadly, the IXK engine on mine was in such bad shape that it wasn't looking practical for a worker, so I picked up a rebuilt IXB-3 with water pump, etc.  It, of course, won't be as original, but it should work nicely.  I just liked to use the machine so much that I wanted to be able to use it.  Hard choices, and it's going to be painful the first time I put the blade in the dirt and start scratching it up!

I live on 10 acres of hilly land, and have lots of dirt moving projects.  The Cat RD4 wide gauge moves a lot more dirt but with terraces and trees, the HG will actually be much more usable.  

Thanks for all the help from everyone, I'm sure I'll have more questions.  Keep those photos coming!

Mike

I replaced Mike's picture as it was over 431 kb!