[AT] MF 265 starter wiring???

[charlie hill]

Thanks H.L. and Cecil.  I should have mentioned that I know about the 
neutral safety switches and as far as I know they are still working 
correctly.  I believe the problem is just somewhere in the starter push 
button switch wiring.  He'll have the new battery and the newly rebuilt 
starter back today and I should be able to figure it out with all that back 
in place.  I was just hoping to get a head start on it.

The starter switch is simple enough it's just a hot wire from the battery, 
through the push button and to the solenoid but it runs through guages and 
under that fuel tank and in some places I can't see without taking a lot of 
sheet metal off.  I was hoping someone could tell me how it's routed so that 
I could limit the amount of tin I had to remove just to search it out.

Thanks

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] MF 265 starter wiring???


>A 65 and 265 massey has a small range shifter lever on the right side of
> the transmission top cover.  It must be shifted into neutral in order
> for the starter solenoid to energize.  If you look on top of the
> transmission between the transmission cover and the bell housing you
> will see the neutral switch. It is placed so that any drainage from the
> battery gets soaked up by the wiring in it.  There are bullet terminals
> that fit into the neutral switch.  These usually get corroded.  They
> bypassing this switch and see if it starts.
>
> Cecil in OKla
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