I will agree with you on that. When I came into the IH dealership, the 450's were new on the lot and they were the ones that had just came with 12 volt systems. All the ones sold before I started working there were all 6 volt. Starters repair and complaints were almost an everyday problem. It was during that time period I had to learn and develop my own method of soldering that stud back in the field coils. No where in service manuals or any other mechanics I could get a chance to ask about it were of any help. Those 6 volters would melt that solder right on out even on the 300 models. When you add up the live hydraulic pump drag, the independent pto drag plus the higher compression head. Throw in the four foot long battery cable with a lousy grounding system inside the battery box and you have a very unreliable system. Had the same problems with the combines. Grunt, grunt, grunt. Lucky the engines themselves started really easy. Another story. John Deere used a 6 volt system on their 65 pull type combine with the Hercules engine. The 50 chev powerglide was another joke for starting. Went through more batteries and starters than the things were worth . Thank god for 12 volt electrical systems. Many, many problems solved. Put a cable on as big as your arm and a battery as big as the engine and they still don't compare to simple 12 volt systems. All the military vehicles I worked on were straight 24 volt systems. They proved to be overkill as far as I was concerned and reliability problems.
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