I think the usual warning on overusing a 6-volt starter suggests not grinding on it but letting off after 30 seconds or so to keep from overheating it. Seems to me that you were following the recommendation in the "myth".
The other potential damage is the Bendix. They are pretty durable but the damage is eventual. Two or three days probably won't do one in.
On the cranking speed keeping the mag impulse from engaging, that can definitely happen. I've had the experience first hand. Cranking speed depends on quite a few variables including battery voltage, starter condition, compresssion, oil viscosity, tractor model and the list goes on. Not having the problem on a sample of a few tractors does not mean it won't happen on another.
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