Recently I picked up a Jacobsen Chief 800 from an older woman who's husband had just died and knew nothing about the tractor so she gave it to me for free and it came with a mower deck, snowblade, and a half buried Jacobsen Chief 100A with a wrong engine. So far I have around $70 in it and it runs(for now) and drives. The only problem is it doesn't charge the battery while it runs does anyone know what the problem is? 
Also if anyone has a wiring diagram I would appreciate it.
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Posted June 19, 2013 - 02:49 PM
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Posted June 19, 2013 - 02:53 PM
Welcome to GTTAlk Tommy. Have you checked our manuals section for information? There are a number of things that could cause no charge to the battery. A basic check of all the connections in the charging circuit would be my first step.
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Posted June 19, 2013 - 06:26 PM
Tommy, I would check the regulator and see if the contacts are pulling in. I am assuming that it has a start generator on it. Here is a link to the Ford/Jacobsen manual section. Look thru it and download the manual for your GT.
http://gardentractor...&filter_key=all
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Posted June 19, 2013 - 10:32 PM
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Posted June 23, 2013 - 05:53 PM
The whole charging problem turned out to be a really dead battery because the battery wouldn't take a charge. How do I post a picture that ,isn't on the internet, I took by the way.
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Posted June 23, 2013 - 06:04 PM
I changed by profile picture to the tractor for now eventhough it's a bad picture.
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Posted June 23, 2013 - 06:11 PM
The whole charging problem turned out to be a really dead battery because the battery wouldn't take a charge. How do I post a picture that ,isn't on the internet, I took by the way.
Tommy, welcome to the forum! Look at my signature for a link to a video in pic uploading!
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Posted June 23, 2013 - 09:37 PM
Welcome an hope to see some pic here,,lol everybody wants to see pic,,lol
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Posted June 23, 2013 - 09:44 PM
glad you found us, good deal,on the Jake.
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Posted June 24, 2013 - 09:09 PM
Welcome. Nice to see another Jacobsen on here
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Posted June 25, 2013 - 07:45 AM
Here's some Pictures 
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Posted June 25, 2013 - 08:09 AM
I forgot to mention but I checked what year it was on this http://hmfind.com/JAC/JacobsenSerialNumberFinder.aspx and turns out it's a '66 model.
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Posted July 05, 2013 - 04:59 PM
Talked to you dad this morning Tommy, I have what you need for your clutch , and your welcome to it, Your dad has my number and I can pull the stuff off and bring it along to the Menges show.
On your charging problem, do you have a starter / generator or a stator system ?
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Posted July 05, 2013 - 07:56 PM
Great looking Jake you have there. Glad this came back up in the new posts as I did t get to respond to the pics before.
Thanks for introducing us to the 800 and good to hear your problems are finding resolutions.
Thanks for introducing us to the 800 and good to hear your problems are finding resolutions.
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Posted July 14, 2013 - 12:02 PM
Please vote for my 1966 Jacobsen as tractor of the month for August 2013 when the time comes.
