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Update on the battery.....

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05-18-2008 15:06:52




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I set the charger on 6V and went to church, ate lunch, etc, etc. The charger was on for about 4 hours. When I checked the voltage it showed 9V so I set the charger on 12V, 2A for about 2 minutes and it came up to 10V so I shut it off and put the battery in the tractor. I had previously pulled all of the plugs and filled the cylinders with ATF. I pulled on the fan and the crank turned! It had been sitting for 5 years but it wasn't frozen.
The wiring has been southern engineered under the instrument panel so I checked voltage at the starter relay, the junction block and the coil and all have at least 6V and the one headlight works! However, depressing the starter button did nothing so I unhooked the starter cable from the relay and held it to the post with the negative battery cable. It sparked and that was all so I pulled the cable off the starter and cleaned it up. Then I removed the starter hold down bolts to clean the mating surfaces between the starter and the engine and I noiced that some yahoo had previously replaced the starter and he installed the choke rod support bracket between the starter housing and the engine block! I got it all cleaned up, bolted back together correctly and touched the starter cable to the battery post and it turned over! Now to sort through that rat's nest of a wiring harness and figure it out so the starter button will function.
Also, as I was working around the tractor I saw lots more gold paint- the air filter housing, the rear axle gear boxes and the grille are especially prominent where the blue paint is peeling. I think a good pressure wash job will reveal a whole lot of gold paint.
And Soundguy- I'm going to pick up those diodes the next time I pass a Radio Shack and build that resistor you describe so I can set the charger on 12V and not worry about it.

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