[AT] Tractor Engine Won't Start

[Edward Tabor]

I have seen starters burn up due to low batteries and cranking.  If you 
have an extra hand, get them to rap on the starter while you try to turn 
the engine over, this time with a charged battery.

Ed

TCHARPE at aol.com wrote:

>        The other day I tried to start my IH-140 but it barely turned over,  
>suspecting
>    the battery being low, after sitting all winter,  I hooked the jumper 
>cables to it,
>    connected to my van.  When I tried to start it....absolutely nothing.   
>The battery
>    wouldn't even begin to engage the starter.  Nothing got shorted out 
>during hookup.
>
>    Why wouldn't the starter kick it over ?  If it turned the engine over 
>before,  why
>    wouldn't it real turn over when jumped ??  Could the starter go out that 
>quickly ??
>
>    What do you suspose happened ?
>
>    Ted Harper
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