LittleBilly21 asked me what the voltage was at the alternator with the battery disconnected. My immediate thought was 0v of course, but I thought I'd check just in case, so I disconnected the battery and measured the voltage at the alternator and sure enough it was 0v. So I reconnected the...
Today I took one last bench voltage reading before re-installing the battery. Prior to installation it read 12.74v. After installing with the engine off, I took a voltage reading at the battery terminals and it was 12.63 and then took a voltage reading at the alternator positive terminal and it...
Thanks to everyone for all of the helpful advice! It's now been 24 hours since taking the battery off the charger and leaving it on the bench. It now reads 12.78v. While it was out of the tractor I completely removed the negative battery cable and checked the resistance from the clamp to the...
I cleaned the battery terminals and cable clamps today. To check the connection from the negative cable clamp to chassis I measured the resistance at several different places on the chassis and when I first touch it, it reads about 1 ohm but if I hold it for a couple of seconds it goes down to...
Thanks for the help! I will definitely do as you suggest. I've got a DC mV setting on my volt meter so I should be able to see it if that is the problem.
Thank you for the help! I will figure out how to disconnect the glow plugs and eliminate that from the potential problems.
The battery is a wet cell. My charger is pretty old. I've only got two settings for amperage, 2 amp or 15 amps. Will that work? I do have a digital voltmeter with...
Thank you Roadworthy for the advice. I will do as you suggest and get the battery checked out and clean/tighten cables. I haven't ever checked out the glow plugs so I'll have to find out where they are and which terminals to check. Thanks again.
I'm not sure how the battery was tested, probably not a rigorous test. I also don't normally run at 2000 RPM. I've owed that tractor for 20 years and usually run between 1400 and 1500 RPM and never had a charging problem until 6 months ago. I'm thinking it might be the wrong alternator, a bad...
My L4610 won't charge my battery. About 6 months ago the alternator went out and I took my tractor to the local mechanic and he ordered and replaced the alternator. All worked fine for 6 months, then after using my tractor for a couple of hours the other day, I turned it off and tried to start...