[AT] Tractor Engine Won't Start

[bwhdon]

check the battery hook up at the starter , could just be lose , or cable
bad.]

Don


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Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: [AT] Tractor Engine Won't Start


>
>
>         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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