[TR] Non-TR Tractor Engine Question

[Alex&Janet Thomson]

Terry -

1. Have you checked to see if the armature turns over freely when the 
starter was removed from the tractor?
2. Are both or all four copper brushes free in their holders, making good 
contact on the rotor segments?
3. Is this a 12v negative ground system or a 6v positive ground?
4. Try barring the engine over - make sure that the engine isn't tight due 
to storage or a water/ice damaged component such as a PTO or hydraulic pump.
5. Be really careful about touching the starter to battery terminals - an 
exploded battery from the hydrogen gas being ignited by a spark is not 
pleasant! Use cables, instead.

Alex Thomson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <terryrs at comcast.net>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2011 1:24 PM
Subject: [TR] Non-TR Tractor Engine Question


> Sorry to bomb the List.
>
> My '59 Case 211b 30 hp farm tractor makes a loud click when I turn the 
> key, but the starter doesn't even attempt to turn over.
>
> I've pulled it and put the postive post on the postive terminal of the 
> battery and grounded the body against the negative terminal.  Nothing.  I 
> did put a battery charger to it, and got it to just barely budge, then 
> stop.
>
> Before I spend $225 to have it rebuilt, that's about all the tests, right?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Terry Smith, '59 TR3A TS 58667
> New Hampshire, where my road is still too muddy to get the TR out!
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