Jump Start an 826

wolfman · Aug 26, 2011

In a hurry and trusty old always start 826D didn't
grunt this am. Put jumper cable Pos to right battery
pos (which goes to starter) and neg to frame, then
hooked to my 12 volt pickup. It started right up and
then I realized that I had just jumped a 6 volt bat
with a 12 volt! How bad did I screw up? Mowed a
couple hours. Mid afternoon I started it ok but AMP
light would flicker on & off some.

oldtanker · Aug 26, 2011

Seeing as it's a 12 volt system that uses 2 6 volt batteries (hooked in series) to produce 12 volt you sould not have hurt anything.

Yer idiot light frickering could be a faulty regulator or alternator.

Rick

Weldon K · Aug 26, 2011

Your tractor has two batteries doesn't it? IH tractors have two 6 volts hooked together in series to make 12 volts. You say you hooked jumper positive to the right side battery positive (which goes to the starter). The positive post on the LEFT side battery is the one connected to the starter on those model IH tractors. Did you hook up to the positive( rear) post on the right side battery? It connects to the negative post on the left side battery. Connecting to frame anywhere is same as connecting to negative post ( the one with ground strap to frame) on RIGHT side battery.
If you connected to the rear post on the right side battery I can't say whether anything was damaged or not, but you got it started.

teddy52food · Aug 26, 2011

Your flickering amp light is maybe why it wouldn"t grunt this AM. Check the charging system.

Jump Start an 826

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