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Farmall H won't start

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Retcol

10-19-2005 15:02:45




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I am having a problem trying to get my H started. It acts like the battery is dead because I don't even have lights. I have charged the battery and cleaned the battery posts and still I don't have any power. Any ideas as to what is wrong or what I should be checking?




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web

10-24-2005 16:43:58




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Retcol, 10-19-2005 15:02:45  
I"m not sure this will help.
The H is a positive ground.
Also if you are using the origional electric system it will be 6 volt, be sure you don"t use 12 cables. The 6 volt cables are heavier than the 12 volt.
Post what worked.
Good Luck
Bob



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El Toro

10-19-2005 19:03:09




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Retcol, 10-19-2005 15:02:45  
The battery is the first place you need to check.
Put a volt meter across the battery terminals and see what the voltage is. Check each individual
cell with a hydrometer and see what each reading is or pull the battery and have it tested. Could have a dead cell. Hal



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riverbend

10-19-2005 17:41:34




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Retcol, 10-19-2005 15:02:45  
First thing, check the voltage at the battery. Second, check the condition of the cells with a hydrometer. Follow other advice from there. I would not get rid of the ammeter. Adding a voltmeter is not a bad idea, though.



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arod

10-19-2005 17:20:59




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Retcol, 10-19-2005 15:02:45  
well, you have correctly identified a dead battery. so cleaning the posts and charging it are fruitless. pitch it. more importantly trash that worthless ammeter, or heck leave in place as the junction block it dually serves as. put in a volmeter guage. wire it so the current passes through it when the start/stop switch is pulled. this will immediately tell you battery condition AND if your battery is being charged while tractor is running.

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BillyinStoughton

10-20-2005 07:47:33




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to arod, 10-19-2005 17:20:59  
You don"t want to wire a voltmeter so "current run though it". You wire a voltmeter in parallel with the circuit it is monitoring. An ammeter is wired in series with the load going "through it". An ammeter is a very useful tool and I would suggest leaving it. While a voltmeter will give you operating voltage of the system, it gives no indication of load as will an ammeter.



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El Toro

10-19-2005 15:56:09




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Retcol, 10-19-2005 15:02:45  
You need to check the wire from your ignition switch back the starter solenoid. You may have a broken wire, bad connection or a bad switch. You should have voltage at the solenoid. Remove your ground cable and remove the battery cable at the starter solenoid and check for corrosion. Clean this connection nice and shiny, then reconnect &
hook up ground cable. There should be voltage on
one the small terminals at the solenoid. Use a volt meter, if voltage is present you need to trace that wire to your switch and check for voltage there. No voltage present, wire could be
broken. If there's voltage use a jumper wire to jump around the switch to see if lights work or if
engine will crank. If it does switch needs to be replaced. Hal

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old

10-19-2005 15:39:20




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Retcol, 10-19-2005 15:02:45  
Clean both ends of the battery cables, also check to make sure both cables are good. Seen more then one battery cable go bad and that can drive you up a wall tring to find



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Dave BN

10-19-2005 15:21:21




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Retcol, 10-19-2005 15:02:45  
Sounds like maybe your ground is bad. You need to check that the connection to the ground point is good AND that the rest of the tractor has good electrical connection to that point. Dave.



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Janicholson

10-19-2005 20:23:22




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 Re: Farmall H won't start in reply to Dave BN, 10-19-2005 15:21:21  
A volt meter is placed between voltage and ground. In this case the load side of the ignition switch. Volt meters cannot allow current to pass through them they have high resistance. The amp meter is very important to the evaluation of your charging system during use. Volt meters are nice if you know what to look for, but it requires analysis to make sense of it. Buy an old automotive manual, or copy library info on electrical systems. An operating amp meter directly shows charging rate in amps, status of accessories when turned on (when the tractor is off), and states of discharge due to low RPM and accessory use (or failed charging system). All meters can fail (especially those exposed to weather) most quality amp meters are robust and operate for tens of years.
Use a modest analog (needle style) volt meter (about 30 bucks US) to do the checking.
Check many posts in these archives for circuit analysis. Good luck you can do it. JimN

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