Starter/generator question
 

I’ve got a Delco remy 1101996 on my 71 with a k301 that I’ve been trying to bring back to life after inheriting it from my grandfather.

I replaced the bearings and brushes in it and when I had it apart I notice the wires from the fields had deteriorated and ended up buying replacement fields for it as well. When I got the new ones in I had to solder one of the studs to one of the red wires coming from the field but they look good other then that.

My question is, one field has insulation on wires and one field has just red wires coming from it. Can anyone tell me which is the F terminal/field and which is A terminal/field?

As a guess the field windings might have smaller gauge wires.
Been a while since I've had one apart, and my memory ain't what it was. :bigthink:

Thanks I wasn’t very sure. I have found plenty of videos/pictures replacing bearings and brushes but never a complete tear down and reassemble. I saw a video where the guy marked which shoe was which and orientation it went in, In unfortunately found this after mine was completely apart and I’d not thought of doing so.

This may help. Click on this link: ......... S/G Manual

One side of the field winding connects to the "F" lug.
The other end of the field winding joins the armature winding at the brush terminal.
(the brush that is NOT grounded)

Finally getting back to this. Got it back together and went to test it and it didn’t do anything, so I tried to spin by hand and it’s a little tough. So I took the armature out and stuck it on my lathe and cleaned it all up with Emory cloth and fine sand paper, stuck it back together and put some 3n1 oil on bearings. Still a little tough to spin it, but not sure what it felt like before. Went to test it again and it did nothing, so now I need to confirm it’s wired right. I think I have something mixed up.

I’m trying to do this while entertaining/keeping out of trouble my 3 year old.

Btw, I’d looked for this and never could find it online. The woodruff key is 1/8” x 5/8”.

Some pictures and a description of said pictures.

#1 is the pulley end, F terminal is on the right.
#2 is the brush end, the winding on the left is the larger wire.
#3 is the wiring.
#4 is the wiring for the F terminal.
#5 is the wiring for the gen terminal.