schmeal
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I have a Ford 1700 that sounds like it isn't getting juice from the battery (which is fully charged). I replaced the battery cables (because they were old, one had a slit in it and corrosion running through some of all of the wires). I thought that had fixed it, but now I’m back to the same thing, just a “click” sound.
I noticed, when replacing the positive battery cable, that where it plugged up to the starter had a white wire that looked like it was as old as the tractor. It was cracked also. Tracing it down, it goes to the starter safety clutch switch which also has wires exposed and coming out of cracked dry rotted cable.
So I’m guessing it wouldn’t hurt to replace the safety switch, even if that isn’t the problem, because the cable is in such bad shape. So here is the question. The white wire also goes up behind the instrument panel, and after tracing it up, it is just hanging there… not attached to anything.
Now I don’t know if it was like this before I got the tractor or came loose recently. I don’t think the way it is wired to start now, is the way it came from the factory… i.e. – there is a glow plug (is that the right term?) indicator, but you don’t turn the key to the left. There is a button on the other side of the instrument panel you hold down before pressing another button to start the tractor. As far as I can tell, the key only turns on the instrument panel’s juice. The key can be completely off and the tractor still starts.
Any suggestions?
I noticed, when replacing the positive battery cable, that where it plugged up to the starter had a white wire that looked like it was as old as the tractor. It was cracked also. Tracing it down, it goes to the starter safety clutch switch which also has wires exposed and coming out of cracked dry rotted cable.
So I’m guessing it wouldn’t hurt to replace the safety switch, even if that isn’t the problem, because the cable is in such bad shape. So here is the question. The white wire also goes up behind the instrument panel, and after tracing it up, it is just hanging there… not attached to anything.
Now I don’t know if it was like this before I got the tractor or came loose recently. I don’t think the way it is wired to start now, is the way it came from the factory… i.e. – there is a glow plug (is that the right term?) indicator, but you don’t turn the key to the left. There is a button on the other side of the instrument panel you hold down before pressing another button to start the tractor. As far as I can tell, the key only turns on the instrument panel’s juice. The key can be completely off and the tractor still starts.
Any suggestions?