Maybe I am getting old. I cannot get used to the cheap crap for sale as replacement/repro parts for farm tractors. Yesterday, I went to Tractor Supply and bought a 6 volt solenoid made for various tractors like a Ford NAA. Countyline brand. Looked kind of neat because it has a manual button on top so it can work with an external 6 volt energize circuit of just by pushing the button. I put it on and tried it with 6 volts to the little "energize" stud and it just chattered and the starter barely worked. I then hit the manual button and it worked great. So at that point I knew it was defective - but as long as it worked with the manual button - WHAT THE HECK, RIGHT? I started it up maybe 20 times and then the solenoid stuck closed. I had to rap it with a hammer to make it open back up. Now it sticks every time I use it. I assume the contacts inside are soft junk, arced, and now stick to each other. So my search goes on. Three useless new parts in a row. It started with a voltage regulator I bought here. Then the push button switch only rated 100 amps, and now this worthless Ford-type relay. I have a New Holland/Ford dealer nearby. I might visit there today to see if they have anything with better quality.
On a side-note - the voltage regulator still perplexes me. New out-of-the-box, it worked fine whenever the engine first started. Then after 5-10 minutes, no charge at all. Put the headlights on and got a 15 amp discharge. So, I took the cover off the regulator and it then worked fine. What the heck? Note there is NO mechanical interference between the cover and regulator body. All I can figure is with the cover on - it gets a little hotter inside and makes it work different? After messing with it for an hour, I bent the arm hooked to a spring to make more tension and the thing started charging great. Ran it for two hours with the cover on - and charge voltage was 7.2 volts. And when I turned on the lights - still read a slight charge.
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