Afraid to try to start.

[manya77]

Over the last weeks I have had great help with my geriatric 9n from members of the forum. Many thanks to all.
I replaced the obviously ravaged wiring harness, battery/starter cables, starter switch. I had removed the battery so I could access the wiring. Now I am reading about polarizing the cutout ?? EEEK.
I am at sensory overload. I need to understand how I should proceed step by step once I replace the battery(positive ground).
Thanks,

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 16:32:02 06/17/15) Over the last weeks I have had great help with my geriatric 9n from members of the forum. Many thanks to all.
I replaced the obviously ravaged wiring harness, battery/starter cables, starter switch. I had removed the battery so I could access the wiring. Now I am reading about polarizing the cutout ?? EEEK.
I am at sensory overload. I need to understand how I should proceed step by step once I replace the battery(positive ground).
Thanks,

ust take a length of wire & touch it to un-grounded battery post to the single generator terminal, you will see a small spark, you have now completed polarization.

 

[R Geiger]

When you do like JMOR says, you are polarizing the generator not the cut out. The cutout does not need to be polarized, it is just a convenient place to do it for some people.

 

[Royse]

If you are saying that you're afraid to start the engine due to
the polarization, don't worry a bit. That is your charging system
and won't affect the starting and running of the tractor.
It will only (maybe) keep it from charging the battery.

I just read your posts on the cutout. I've not seen one like that.
All of mine look like the one JMOR posted.

With your improvised attachment points, I would watch it for
battery drain when it is shut off, maybe disconnect a battery
cable at night if not sure. If it turns out to work fine and not
drain the battery when it is shut off then you have succeeded!

 

[manya77]

IT STARTED RIGHT UP !!!!!! I just watched the connections
for a while. cables all felt cool. Now to the overheating issue,
will start a new thread after I read in the archives.

 

[Royse]

"IT STARTED RIGHT UP !!!!!!"

That's what we like to hear! Congrats!

 

[manya77]

I am so relieved after the frustrations of the past year when nobody local would help me I want to start it up just to enjoy the sound. I only use it to mow the house lot of an acre as needed by rainfall, and a conservation lot of 10 acres for woody growth twice a year. All is done with a bush-hog, this ain't no country club. Should I start it up and move it around anyway even if I do not want to mow ? How often ?
I brought the new battery into the basement last winter, it is 20 below sometimes here . It is parked in a barn in Sep and started up again in May. Appreciate advice.

 

[Royse]

"Should I start it up and move it around anyway even if I do not want to mow ?"

Many people do and I don't think it hurts them to be ran at all.
But if you do, don't start it and run a for only a few minutes.
Run it for a while after it gets to normal operating temperature.
Otherwise it won't be warm enough to get rid of condensation.