ford electrical problem

[Bob Krafft]

My 1520 disel was running great, turned it off for 10 minutes and climbed back on and nothing...click,click,battery pack turned it over 3-4 times slowly, jumping did the same. Checked battery 90%...headlights come on but are dim. Sanded all contacts...still nothing, celinoid is almost new, starter was working great and still turns over a few times slowly then click,click,click...any ideas???

 

[Anonymous-0]

IF you know "for sure" the batt cables are good, and all the connections are also good, that leaves the battery and the starter. It didn"t help to boost it, so i"m leaning on the starter needing to come off, and checked or rebuilt.

 

[Roy in UK]

Because you said the headlights are dull too I tend to think could be the battery, sometimes batteries can "die suddenly" like that.

 

[Tom671]

Do a Voltage drop on your battery. You need a multimeter or some sort of volt gage. Check the voltage before cranking the engine (12 volts), and then check the voltage while cranking the engine (should not drop below 10 volts). If you are using a regular car battery in the tractor, it might not last longer than 2 years. The vibration is rough on batteries.

 

[Haywood]

If your Ground from the Battery goes to the radiator mounting frame.remove it and..install a longer ground from the battery to the starter mounting bolts for better ground.

The Fords of certain vintage used to lose ground at the frame work around the radiator...even cleaning that contact area didn't help.

Barring poor connections, A the battery or starter problem could possibly excist.

Haywood