sa-200 need info and advise have pictures and numbers

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new to this board so ill introduce my self ---- name is scott live in new mexico little town called rodeo just about in the middle of nowhere on a farm where one day i might make a living or even a buck would be nice :-)recently picked this lincoln SA-200 welder up from a neighbor even mounted on a nice  trailer no leads {hate  to think what they will cost but the  price was right and it did not involve cash just a few hours of my labor. i was told the engine was rebuilt several years ago and it has less than 2 hours on it as it was never picked up by the guy it was rebuilt for he has long since passed away the property sold and this guy bought the property and all the stuff left behind he said he knew the guy that did the work and had heard it run once but they had left it sitting outside someone stole the leads off it and the rats moved in and ate some of the wiring it does not look like the rats did too much damage so i think i can replace the wires that are damaged with new ones and get it going my question is can i purchase  the wires somewhere or do i have to make them up there is one large wire that is Y shaped with three mounting point that looks like the only one that could give me any grief what is your opinions on this machine anything i need to watchout for is the machine worth keeping around what year do you think it is any info is appreciated ----scott Attached Images
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Reply:I HAVE GOT SOME OLD 200 IN NOT MUCH BETTER SHAPE, THE MAIN GENERATOR COMMUTATOR LOOKS PRETTY BAD ID CHECK THE EXCITER ARMATURE ON A GROWLER TO SEE IF ITS GOOD, IF NOT THERE ABOUT 400 NEW AND 280 REWOUND ANYWAY FIX ALL THE WIRES YOU CAN. DOES IT RUN OR HAVE YOU TRIED TO START IT?
Reply:Make sure no open wires are touching frame ground, run her up. If you can't get any power at your auxillary, flash the exciter with a 12 volt battery running. I think its neg on the right side and positive on the left side. Its easy to reverse the fields by reversing neg and positive flashing in case I'm wrong. No worries there. Just hook up the neg and and momentarily touch the pos.If that doesn't work, you'll want to clean the exciter and generator comutators with a piece of comstone. or emery cloth of your desparate.
Reply:Serial A337812 falls somewhere near Oct 26 or 27th of 1955
Reply:thanks for that year info it might be helpful in the future--- i spun the engine over a few days ago so i know it is not stuck i plan ot pull t he brushes clean the armatures really good hopefully this weekend once the welder end is good to go ill get the engine going water  pump is froze up on it right now so i need to pull that and rebuild it but i have one on my forklift and one on a big compressor i need ot rebuild too so i need to get 3 kits