[AT] Check the grounds, check the grounds, check the grounds...

[Robinson]

	In getting my MM-R ready to go to the local show I needed 
to replace a section of fuel line that required moving the 
battery to one side to get to a clamp. When I reconnected 
the ground cable I put it back like it was which was bolted 
through the box base and the frame section below it. When I 
put it together after painting earlier I had as I sometimes 
do placed a "star" lock washer between the cable terminal 
and the surface I was bolting it down to. Normally I just 
scrape off a section of paint down to shiny metal but this 
one was going to Portland when I did it and I didn't want a 
big scratched spot. I figured the star washer would make a 
better connection. Today after I put it together I washed 
the tractor then tried to start it while it was still wet. 
It spun over just fine and I might not have known there was 
a ground problem but the connection began to sizzle the 
water that was still on it. I redid the connection but there 
  was still a tiny bit of sizzle after I wet it down again. 
Some of you guys should try wetting down your connections 
with water and with the ignition off crank it over for a 
minute to see if any of the connections will sizzle the 
water. I plan to try it on a few tractors just for the heck 
of it. I thought it might make an interesting test if 
several of us tried it. I would have sworn that I had a good 
ground to start with.
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Francis Robinson
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