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S2710 · Nov 26, 2013

I am trying to get one started and I need a new battery cable. I don't want to invest in a high price cable till I know if the tractor will run. I have a cable that is long enough but it is only # 6 wire fine strand. Will this work as a temporary fix till I know if it runs. This is the cable that runs from the battery to the starter about 6 feet long. TIA

Bob

gene bender · Nov 26, 2013

You need the heavest and shortest one you can find. That one just isnt heavy enough for the starter to do a good job turning engine over.

Janicholson · Nov 26, 2013

Not close, as Gene indicates. It might crank well enough with #2 cable, but needs 00gauge. Jim

S2710 · Nov 26, 2013

I forgot to mention that it has a alt. and has been switched to 12 volt.

Bob

Janicholson · Nov 26, 2013

#2 wire will work @12v. Jim

randy hall · Nov 26, 2013

6 gauge wire will get it to turn over on twelve volts

Steve43 · Nov 26, 2013

How about just putting it in 5th gear with the TA lever forward and giving it a pull around the barn until it starts? Experienced drivers required.

S2710 · Nov 26, 2013

I don't own the tractor and I just want to see if I can get it to run so that maybe I can make a deal to buy it. It only has one tire on the rear so it would be hard to pull it to start it. I don't want to spend any money on it unless I buy it, so I want to use what I have laying around.

Bob

David G · Nov 26, 2013

Use Jumper Cables

RC Brooks · Nov 26, 2013

On these older tractors, if you can get the motor to turn at all, I never seen one that couldn't be made to run again. And many of the ones that don't turn over.

I don't know how long it's sat, but even if you can get the starter to spin there might be something like compression or mag issues that might prevent it from starting.

mkirsch · Nov 27, 2013

Why not just use jumper cables?

You don't need to put the battery in the stock location and run the cable through the factory routing to start up a derelict like that.

I'm going to go off on a tangent here and say DO NOT get that tractor running. Prices have this nasty habit of going UP UP UP the moment that engine fires.

If the engine is free and turns over smoothly with some resistance it can be made to run. Drag it up on your trailer and take it home.

Dblair · Nov 27, 2013

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sflem849 · Nov 27, 2013

(quoted from post at 06:23:10 11/27/13) Why not just use jumper cables?

You don't need to put the battery in the stock location and run the cable through the factory routing to start up a derelict like that.

I'm going to go off on a tangent here and say DO NOT get that tractor running. Prices have this nasty habit of going UP UP UP the moment that engine fires.

If the engine is free and turns over smoothly with some resistance it can be made to run. Drag it up on your trailer and take it home.

Well stated.

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