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Starter wiring for an A

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Charlie M

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I'm getting ready to put the electrical system back on my A. It had one at one time but all that is left now is the starter. I'm wondering if there is a "right way" to do it. I've seen the deal that mounts to the starter and you pull on a rod to start it. This tractor had a solenoid mounted under the gas tank with some sort of switch up by the operator. All I need to buy is some battery cables and either the solenoid or the starter switch.
 
Factory it would have had a push button switch on the starter going to a rod you pushed. On my BA I have a starter button like used on an H up by the steering wheel. On yours a simple ford solenoid will also work just fine
 
The starter is not the original one so you will need to wire whatever you have to make it work better get some help. Someone should be able to come over andwire it for you. You need the neg lead from the battery to one of the terminals onthe soleniod other terminal of the soleniod goes to the starter. Now you need to have a wire going to the solenoid with 6v to energize the sol from a sw thats connected to batt voltage. It would be a small wire going to a small terminal on the sol. What kind of a sw do you have a key and then a push button or is it a key turn start typw of a sw. Does the engine have a dist or a magneto. This the type of a mess when people get away from the original simple starting system on the A Farmall
 
How do you want it wired?

Do you want the solenoid incorporated, or do you want to go back to an original style?

The solenoid is/was up under the tank, so you have a starter with a threaded stud, correct?

The simplest way to set it up is to get one of those heavy pushbutton switches and mount it somewhere convenient. Install the battery. Connect one post of the battery directly to the tractor's frame. Connect the other post to one terminal on the switch. Connect the other terminal on the switch to the stud on the starter. Push the button. VROOM!
 
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