srjones
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- Joined
- Mar 6, 2006
- Messages
- 542
- Location
- Columbia County, Oregon, USA
- Tractor
- Mahindra 2015HST & Mitsubish R1500
BTDT said:Just an observation. Did your glowplugs not work because your battery was dead? I noticed that in one of your pictures, there were no wires hooked to the generator. Do you have an alternator mounted somewhere that we don't see?
Hey, good observation. No, it's there, just nothing wired to it. The battery isn't dead as it gets put in a trickle charger every other start. Fixing the charging system is on my list of things to fix with this tractor. . When I got this tractor there were a lot of things that didn't work, and the wiring was big spagetti mess. so I pulled all the wires. My first method was of starting it was to 'arc' the terminals of the starter..(come'on...I know I'm not the only one that's ever done this).
FWIW, here's the current fix list by priority.
1. starter wiring --done-- if you look really close you'll see a 1/4" copper tube that goes between the solonoid to the starter.
2. glow plugs--current project.
3. Charging system.
4. Headlights and turn signals.
5. Tachometer/Hour meter