Posted by dhermesc on June 15, 2022 at 06:51:17 from (12.149.56.202):
We recently purchased a MF 1130 tractor. Looks rough as a cob but actually runs pretty good - until yesterday. Son ran it out of fuel on a steep incline - refilled the fuel tank and went to start it and nothing - not even a click from the solenoid. Messed around with it and finally got it to click but would not turn the engine over - then it wouldn't click anymore. He pulled the starter and took it to NAPA - they tested it on the bench and it spun over like a top - but took 200 cranking amps (?) to do so with no load.
Son and I took it back to the tractor and we thought - possibly it was on a dead spot on the armature when he first tried to start it and rolling around in the bed of the truck may have gotten it to a good spot when it was tested. Basically the hit it with a hammer cure. Put it back on the tractor and nothing. On a hunch I told him to run the jumper cable from the + on the battery to the solenoid. We then jumped the solenoid. The starter kicked in and tried but wouldn't turn the engine over. Tractor runs on a single 12 volt battery.
My assessment - the starter is about burned out with all the amperage it takes to roll it over and isn't strong enough to turn the engine over, and the battery cable needs to be replaced as it was probably damaged supplying that much power at every start up and the final start up fried it.
The engine is not locked up (my first fear) as we rolled it over by hand.
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