Re: Re: Re: possible electrical problems?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 22, 2003 at 20:25:13 from (64.228.13.93):

In Reply to: Re: Re: possible electrical problems? posted by Diana on December 22, 2003 at 19:28:09:

Diana: Do you have acess to a vehicle heavy enough to tow start the tractor. I'm just thinking if you could heat it on glow plugs, after putting some charge in battery. Rather than go for starter have someone tow the tractor for a start. At least that will get it going and mix your anti-freeze. That alone buys you some time.

After that the first thing I would check out is wiring compared with proper diagram. The other thing you mention is battery. (singular) Is that what tractor calls for in manual? Most diesels will either use two 6 volt batteries in series or two 12 volt batteries hooked paralell. I doubt if you have much sucess starting that diesel in cold weather unless you have the equivilant of two 12 volt batteries, 700 cranking amps each and 1 gauge battery cables with soldered on ends. I find the best place to get these heavy battery cables is at heavy truck repair shops. Those glow plugs take a lot of drain on battery in colder weather. The key to all of this is have enough battery and cable to withstand glow plugs then crank the starter. For people like yourself used to gas engines this sounds massive. Remember this, less than ten years before your tractor, all diesels were started either on gas or by a gas pup engine. It takes heavy electrics to replace that.

Go for the electrical check up first, make sure all wiring is up to factory specs. On batteries and cables, I would go 10% to 20% heavier than factory specs. The batteries and cables is one area IH always went too light on.

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