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[Jim.ME]

I'm sorry i have no idea what u talking about. I hit Reply I thought

I hit the Reply button in your post, it opened this box with your post quoted in it. I am typing my reply to you in the same text box, right below your quote. Now I hit Post reply in the lower left corner of the box (not the Reply button to post what you have typed), to add this post to the thread.

Also, do not go back to the post you are replying to and hit the Reply button in that post box to send your reply, use the Post reply button at the lower left of the text box you just typed your reply in.

 

[Rush55]

I'm sorry i have no idea what u talking about. I hit Reply I thought

ok

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

I'm sorry i have no idea what u talking about. I hit Reply I thought

Either way, I'm not great on this format either. If everything is lighting up maybe the dash cluster hots ground commonly by single ground. I think that's how my 1997 new Holland is. I would at least wrap the ends with electrical tape. Hopefully a fuse should pop, but as it doesn't seem any have to this point....loose bare hot wires aren't safe.

 

[Rush55]

Yes I wrapped the bare wires with electric tape. I have to get something to wrap them cause heat here makes the electric tape soft and gooie. I bringing thectractor hopefully up to a trade school here where they have mechanics class and will fix it for free as long as I but parts which is a good deal. This is a learning opportunity for the students.

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

The onemanual I found doesn't have a schematic at all....

 

[Rush55]

I know someone who has a 555 like mine. when I see him again gonna see if he will let me see how his is wired. it sure is frustrating.

 

[flying belgian]

Yes I wrapped the bare wires with electric tape. I have to get something to wrap them cause heat here makes the electric tape soft and gooie. I bringing thectractor hopefully up to a trade school here where they have mechanics class and will fix it for free as long as I but parts which is a good deal. This is a learning opportunity for the students.

There you go. At least here in north Mankato we have south central tech school that has a class like that. Very skilled and experienced instructor. Neighbor took his 4430 up there for klunk in transmission. They had it all summer but they fixed it. I think it cost him 900 parts but at dealer it probably would have been 9000.

 

[Rush55]

My wife works there and they all just love her. So if it crank again I'll bring it up there and yes it will be way cheaper than a dealer at 65.00 per hour and then it may still not work.

 

[Jim.ME]

My wife works there and they all just love her. So if it crank again I'll bring it up there and yes it will be way cheaper than a dealer at 65.00 per hour and then it may still not work.

Just curious, where are you located to have a dealer that only charges $65 an hour?

 

[Rush55]

So how is it in Minnesota? I live near New Orleans ls

 

[Rush55]

it's a Mahindra dealer in franklinton la.

 

[flying belgian]

So how is it in Minnesota? I live near New Orleans ls

Mn probably 365/hr.

 

[Rush55]

365.00 goodness we'll 64.00 ain't bad then

 

[flying belgian]

My wife works there and they all just love her. So if it crank again I'll bring it up there and yes it will be way cheaper than a dealer at 65.00 per hour and then it may still not work.

Just hook a tow strap and pull it up there with the pu.

 

[Rush55]

well i think it will crank as long as the fuel shut off solenoid decides to work. I have to hot wire it.

 

[Jim.ME]

365.00 goodness we'll 64.00 ain't bad then

Dealers here in Maine are $125 and up.

 

[Rush55]

Sorry thought u was in Minnesota. i love the east coast light house etc

 

[Rush55]

He is suggesting the same thing I suggested to you when I said "Also, try a jumper wire between the battery cable stud on the starter solenoid and the small starter terminal. and see if it cranks when you do that." The only difference is he is saying to go to the battery post instead of using the solenoid terminal on the starter which is what I suggested.

When you say you bench tested the starter and solenoid, how and what did you do?

Did you clean the battery posts when you put the new cables on your tractor? Guessing the same battery is in it as when the wiring short occurred, have you had the battery tested and recharged it if it tested ok? (You need to include such details, or someone will question you.)

Start with the voltage tests and work through things one step at a time. Jumping around is a good way to miss things.

 

[Rush55]

Good news. tractor is cranking without cables I ran wire from the positive post to ground on tractor(my brother in law suggested) only thing is the wire got really hot. so now I'll take starter cable and re ground it somewhere. then onto next step.

 

[Jim.ME]

Good news. tractor is cranking without cables I ran wire from the positive post to ground on tractor(my brother in law suggested) only thing is the wire got really hot. so now I'll take starter cable and re ground it somewhere. then onto next step.

Bad news! Your brother-in-law is wrong! The wire you ran from the battery positive post to ground gets hot because you should not have a wire from battery positive to ground on your tractor which has a negative ground system. You will burn your wiring up more doing that. The negative battery cable needs to be connected under one of the bolts that holds the starter to the tractor.