Posted by Dellbertt on December 19, 2010 at 05:39:47 from (209.172.21.33):
After a couple days snowfall we went into about 3 days of 8-10 degrees.
It hit about 25F the next day so I went out to see if the 300U snowplow would start.
The 2 ½ year old TSC battery had a bad cell so I took the 6 year old battery out of the fork lift and stuck it on the 300U. I knew I had to charge that battery anyway so I thought I would see what it would do.
It would hardly turn the 300U over. As a matter of fact the starter clicked a couple times. It was on its last very slow turn-over when I’ll be danged if that old girl didn’t come to life. I pushed the choke in about ½ to let it warm up.
Keep in mind that I have not had the plugs (AC 87) or distributor cap off this tractor in over 10 years AND it has the Original 1956 Voltage Regulator (the reason I know this is I bought the tractor from the original owner). It starts easy and runs smooth. (I regularly grease my equipment but other than that if it’s running smooth I don’t mess with it)
HERE’S THE POINT: With the multitude of conversion discussions (that I copied and filed for future use) and the fact that the 2 ½ year old battery failed, I was seriously considering converting to 12v on this tractor. But how can I convert a tractor that starts and runs as good as this one. It just doesn’t seem like the right thing to do.
So, I am going to purchase a brand new 6v battery for the old girl and leave everything just the way it is. I like it that way anyway.
This post is not intended to start the whole conversion thing up again. I am just so dang amazed at how this old girl keeps running so good with such little attention. If something goes wrong with it someday, it does not owe me a thing. This old tractor has served both the original owner and me very well.
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