ScottOkla
Silver Member
I recently replaced a dead battery on a L275 with a new battery after dark using the headlights on the truck as the only light. I had no tools with me and just needed to get the tractor on my trailer to move it.
I positioned the new battery so that the terminals were on the same side as the old ones but did not verify that the neg and pos were in the same places as the old ones. I pushed (no tools with me) the connectors onto the incorrect terminals, and they slipped on well enough to stay put. It started (how?) and I drove it onto the trailer.
After moving it (1 hr) to my place, I left it on the trailer overnight. The next day it was dead and I saw that the battery cables were connected to the wrong terminals.
I have used it a couple of times since, but the battery is totally dead and I have jumped it to start it. I replaced the battery, and it started fine with a new battery, but after a little use, that battery is almost totally dead also. I can still start it by jumping it.
My questions are: (1) how stupid am I? (2) what is the likely damage that I have caused? and (3) am I doing any more damage by jumping it and continuing to use it?
A relative passed away and that is how I now have the tractor. I am waiting for an owners manual to come in at my nearest dealer.
I positioned the new battery so that the terminals were on the same side as the old ones but did not verify that the neg and pos were in the same places as the old ones. I pushed (no tools with me) the connectors onto the incorrect terminals, and they slipped on well enough to stay put. It started (how?) and I drove it onto the trailer.
After moving it (1 hr) to my place, I left it on the trailer overnight. The next day it was dead and I saw that the battery cables were connected to the wrong terminals.
I have used it a couple of times since, but the battery is totally dead and I have jumped it to start it. I replaced the battery, and it started fine with a new battery, but after a little use, that battery is almost totally dead also. I can still start it by jumping it.
My questions are: (1) how stupid am I? (2) what is the likely damage that I have caused? and (3) am I doing any more damage by jumping it and continuing to use it?
A relative passed away and that is how I now have the tractor. I am waiting for an owners manual to come in at my nearest dealer.