[AT] JD 620; now starting engines

[Herb Metz]

Dean Vinson & Others,
I certainly agree with your being pleased about engines starting; I will put 
up with
several other shortcomings as long as a tractor engine readily and 
consistently starts.
My D-14 Allis needs ring gear replaced but I don't mind having to rock it 
occasionally
when starter hits a couple bad teeth, because it otherwise always readily 
starts.

Some time ago someone called attention to the design of most engines is such 
that
starter takes much of the power from battery thus reducing power available 
for ignition
circuit.  I hit the starter for two to three seconds, then let go of the 
(turn to start) key,
and then notice that is when engine starts.
On that basis, adding a separate battery just for starting would be a good 
idea if one
had a hard to start tractor and did not want to get rid of the tractor?
Herb

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dean Vinson
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2014 7:56 AM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] JD 620 / charging six-volt batteries
Thanks for all the good replies, gentlemen.  Consensus certainly seems to be
that I can just charge the two batteries together as a single 12-volt
battery.

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I have to say I was pleased that it fired right up last
night when I went to move the brushhog to a better winter-storage location;
the weather's been way cold for this time of year, single-digit temps or
nearly so every night for the past few days, and I hadn't run the tractor in
a couple of weeks.
Dean Vinson