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Wanting to learn, inspect, and clean up, the 6v generator that came with this 46 Plymouth P15.. I've never taken one apart and hit a road block. My generator shows the following number on the id plate: GDZ-4801-A Again my parts book seems to be of more help than my shop manual, my parts books shows a great exploded view diagram,....my shop manual shows quite a bit of diagnostic information, but in regards to dis-assembly, it just says " dis -assemble the generator".. I was able to find some home made bubba videos of guys cleaning up on some 6v generators off of old John Deere tractors... and I found the following web site for rebuilding a 1944 Jeep generator, and that Jeep generator looks almost completely identical to the generator off this Plymouth, ...it also has the brushes located at the rear, the housing is a very close match, and it has the metal band around the rear of the generator, etc..very very similar.... http://www.1944gpw.com/c-93-G503_WWII_Jeep_6_volt It's easy getting the rear plate off the housing, it is just held on by the 2ea long bolts that run the length of the housing internally, and there's your rear bushing and your brushes and springs, which again look almost identical to the parts shown on the jeep generator. However, at that point I could not see how to get the assembly out of the housing, and I didn't want to be rough with it, by experimenting... The jeep generator video shows removing the front drive pulley assembly as the next step. by: 1) removing the large nut and washers, and 2) using a 3 jaw puller to pull the pulley off the shaft to expose a woodruff key after the nut and washers are removed..... I grabbed my impact and removed the 15/16 nut and large lockwasher, then took a 3 jaw puller and attached it to the backside of the belt drive pulley, (I attached it to the rear of the pulley - not in the belt groove area but to the area I'm gonna call " the cooling blade slots " ....it seemed to have a good bite,....so I started applying a little pressure with the puller, ( along with a few sprays of PB Blaster a few hours before ) but it didn't appear to be budging,....figured I better back off and try for some help before I tore something up.... I think I'm on the right track here, but unsure as you can tell, the front bearing doesn't have play and seems smooth, but from what I have been able to find (reference the video link above), it appears that I need to remove the pulley, to get to the retainer plate that rests behind the pulley, which can then be removed, then maybe a snap ring, to then allow the armature assembly to be removed from the housing......I think This generator appeared to be working well enough to keep the battery charged while the car was running before, but I never had an opportunity to test it with headlights on, etc..so again, I was wanting to go through it, learn, clean up the contact surfaces, maybe some new brushes if needed, and if possible get rid of as much rust as possible, to allow for some new paint. Thank you all for your help.. Steve