Backhoe 310e was slow cranking cold now just clicks

[bsherrill21]

I have been having trouble with the first start being very slow. It would take a 10 second then a break then it would begin to get faster and start. It would start fine the rest of the day and the problem comes back the next day. The batt show a full charge and the terminals are clean. Now im getting just a click with a full charge. Really need help without throwing parts. Thanks in advance

 

[ctlguy]

You could have a number of problems. I always wished you could see electricity leaking so it would be easier to fix. The next couple of steps I would take myself would be to check the starter relay as well as measure the resistance on the battery cables themselves, oxygen once it has reached inside the cable cover does it's damage over time increasing resistance. You can manually bypass the relay and send 12v right to the starter as an easy check but make darn sure you are safe and don't run yourself over! If your neutral safety stuff does not function the unit could start in gear.

 

[JB4310]

I have been having trouble with the first start being very slow. It would take a 10 second then a break then it would begin to get faster and start. It would start fine the rest of the day and the problem comes back the next day. The batt show a full charge and the terminals are clean. Now im getting just a click with a full charge. Really need help without throwing parts. Thanks in advance

Check your ground wire down to the frame, check the terminals on the starter and solenoid, check the connections on the ignition switch. Possibly the starter on the way out??

Could be any of those. when you say it starts all day after the first hard start, that sounds like a bad battery, or a battery loosing charge over night though. but when you say it starts cranking faster after the break that doesn't sound like a bad battery.

JB

 

[taborekle]

Sometimes batteries will go bad in a way that shows that they have full voltage, but little or no amps. You can only tell when the battery is put under load. Take the battery into any shop that sells batteries (autozone is my favorite) and they can load test it for free. It's my bet that the battery is bad.