stuckmotor
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- Joined
- Sep 23, 2009
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- Location
- Lower Up State S.C.
- Tractor
- AC WD 34 hp/3500 lbs MF 261 60 hp/5380 lbs
I ran my MF 261 for a couple of years with a cheap replacement battery terminal clamp that occasionally slipped loose from the positive cable. I simply reattached it several times and the tractor cranked right up. Now it only cranks if I use the battery out of my truck. While prepairing to trouble shoot the problem I ran across a note in the repair manual saying not to disconnect the battery with the tractor running and think that, the cable working loose from the clamp with the tractor running did effectively that. So, my question is : How can disconnecting the battery with the tractor running harm the charging system or can it? Maybe the caution was in the manual to keep me away from the spinning fan? The MF 261 is a 1997 model with few eletronics that I know of.