Old Gray Mare
Silver Member
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2014
- Messages
- 136
- Location
- Ash Fork, AZ
- Tractor
- '96 Massey Ferguson 1250 4x4 w/1246 FEL, 6' LandPride rear blade, ABI rock rake, Farnam 8' double arena harrow.
It's been a while since this old gal has needed your advice.
I'm replacing the positive cable on the MF 1250. Tired of surprise starting/no-start issues. Battery is only a couple of years old and is intermittently on a maintainer. The cable is corroded at both ends. Tractor has 520 hrs and runs very well.
I need 3ft with top post ends and an eye bolt at the starter. The present cable looks like 4awg (it's covered with the plastic tubing stuff). I'm looking online and wonder if 2awg would be better? Also, I found a cable with the battery end size of 19mm. Is this too big for a standard battery post? If the eye end is too big for the starter post, can I make it fit?
Going to an auto parts store is not an option...closest one is over an hour drive and my 93 diesel truck loves to suck money out of my wallet
Thanks in advance
I'm replacing the positive cable on the MF 1250. Tired of surprise starting/no-start issues. Battery is only a couple of years old and is intermittently on a maintainer. The cable is corroded at both ends. Tractor has 520 hrs and runs very well.
I need 3ft with top post ends and an eye bolt at the starter. The present cable looks like 4awg (it's covered with the plastic tubing stuff). I'm looking online and wonder if 2awg would be better? Also, I found a cable with the battery end size of 19mm. Is this too big for a standard battery post? If the eye end is too big for the starter post, can I make it fit?
Going to an auto parts store is not an option...closest one is over an hour drive and my 93 diesel truck loves to suck money out of my wallet

Thanks in advance
