Thank you all for your suggestions. I tried the "rea" jumper cables to the
starter and it started right up. Then I tried the positive battery cable to
the battrey which goes directly to the starter and not starter action. So
I'll get a new positive cable tomorrow and I think that willl fix it. P.S.
I also wacked the starter a couple of time with a hammer as suggested but
that wasn't the problem.
Thanks again for all of your help.
Rich Gallagher
-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Scarbrough
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 4:56 AM
To: shop-talk at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Tractor Won't Start
We have a couple of 950's at work - nice tractor.
What everybody else said, but especially Eric. You need to check and clean
all the connections.
If you have a /real/ set of jumper cables, like 4/0 or bigger, you could go
straight from the battery to the starter and see if it turns that way. Be
careful with them while you're doing that...make your last connection at the
starter. If one jumper from + battery to + starter doesn't get it going,
then add the other from - battery to a ground at the starter. Make the last
connection at the starter.
The reason to make the last connection at the starter is to avoid making a
spark within the cloud of hydrogen gas above the battery.
Did the store do any test on your old battery?
Jeff Scarbrough
Corrosion Acres, Ga.
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Richard Gallagher <rgallagrrr at mcn.net>
wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> From Great Falls, Montana: I need help with my John Deere 950 utility
> tractor (about 22 hp but with gears a very good tractor). We have 30
> acres and need the tractor to help maintain it. Last couple of weeks
> after work (yes, I do have a rgeular job and thank you God for the
> rain last weekend) I fertilized about 25 acres for hay and the tractor
> worked great. Now the battrey went dead (maybe--see below). I
> purchased a replacement commerical battrey from NAPA and the darn
> thing still won't start. With the new battrey hooked up the lights
> work but the starter turns a couple of cranks and then the solinoid
> just clicks. I've got an electrical problem. Now I am not sure that
> the old commercial battrey went dead but it is now gone--all I know is
> that it would not take a charge from the charger. My guess is that it
> died and in the process of trying to charge it I messed up
> something--voltage regulator??? The starter still wants to crank but is
there a short???
>
>
>
> Your advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Rich Gallagher
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