Tractor won\'t start
Help please. I have a relatively simple mechanical question, but before I go out and waste more money on tractor parts I don't need I figured I'd throw it out here...my smaller tractor is a 2wd Yanmar 276 (27HP). I bought it last year, in mint condition, with less than 500 hours on it even though it is about 15 years old...heres is the problem...it won't start (at least most of the time). I can jump start it from my truck (a big F250). and it always starts up no problem...so I figured it was the battery and went out a bought a new one...started the first time, but now it won't start anymore (w/out jumping) so then I think it must be the alternator(or is it called a generator on a tractor??)...the funny thing is that every once in a while, even if it has been sitting for a week or two, it does start right up (maybe 1 out of 20 times). So if the battery wasn't charging, it should not start 100% of the time. I really don't want to go and waste more money on a generator that I don't need.
Does anyone think that this must be the generator, or it could it be a short someplace? I am not a mechanic, but the fact that it will jump start on the first try, 100% of the time, but will start by itself on the first try 1 in 20 times has me a little puzzled. What would be the best way to "prove" that it is or is not the generator before I put a new one on.
Thanks much all.
Help please. I have a relatively simple mechanical question, but before I go out and waste more money on tractor parts I don't need I figured I'd throw it out here...my smaller tractor is a 2wd Yanmar 276 (27HP). I bought it last year, in mint condition, with less than 500 hours on it even though it is about 15 years old...heres is the problem...it won't start (at least most of the time). I can jump start it from my truck (a big F250). and it always starts up no problem...so I figured it was the battery and went out a bought a new one...started the first time, but now it won't start anymore (w/out jumping) so then I think it must be the alternator(or is it called a generator on a tractor??)...the funny thing is that every once in a while, even if it has been sitting for a week or two, it does start right up (maybe 1 out of 20 times). So if the battery wasn't charging, it should not start 100% of the time. I really don't want to go and waste more money on a generator that I don't need.
Does anyone think that this must be the generator, or it could it be a short someplace? I am not a mechanic, but the fact that it will jump start on the first try, 100% of the time, but will start by itself on the first try 1 in 20 times has me a little puzzled. What would be the best way to "prove" that it is or is not the generator before I put a new one on.
Thanks much all.