Ginormous
Gold Member
Hi guys,
I had a lot of trouble getting my YM2210 started a week ago. I wanted to clear away some of the snow drifts. It was fairly cold, ~25 F, but it got a lot colder after that. It took me about 45 minutes to get it started. I had a magnetic heater attached to the bottom of the crank case to heat the oil (I didn't plan ahead, so it was only on there starting with when I wanted to start it.) My tractor has the thermostart (is that what it's called?) with the little fuel bottle and turn the key to the left to heat the thingy inside the engine. I ran down the battery, recharged it about 10 mins, ran down the battery, recharged it about 10 mins, etc. until I finally got it to start. I didn't get much engine cranking from a "fully charged" battery. Anyway, I expect that the battery wasn't in good shape before I started my attempts, and it ended up in a lot worse shape by the end, so I'm planning to replace it. It is the battery that shipped with the tractor from Frederick's when I bought it early summer of 2012. What type of battery should I buy, a normal car battery?
I had a lot of trouble getting my YM2210 started a week ago. I wanted to clear away some of the snow drifts. It was fairly cold, ~25 F, but it got a lot colder after that. It took me about 45 minutes to get it started. I had a magnetic heater attached to the bottom of the crank case to heat the oil (I didn't plan ahead, so it was only on there starting with when I wanted to start it.) My tractor has the thermostart (is that what it's called?) with the little fuel bottle and turn the key to the left to heat the thingy inside the engine. I ran down the battery, recharged it about 10 mins, ran down the battery, recharged it about 10 mins, etc. until I finally got it to start. I didn't get much engine cranking from a "fully charged" battery. Anyway, I expect that the battery wasn't in good shape before I started my attempts, and it ended up in a lot worse shape by the end, so I'm planning to replace it. It is the battery that shipped with the tractor from Frederick's when I bought it early summer of 2012. What type of battery should I buy, a normal car battery?