BarnyardEngineering
Well-known Member
- Location
- Rochester, NY
Yesterday while spreading manure, the 400 up and quit dead in its tracks. No electrical whatsoever. Starter won't even click. Up until this point it has always started instantly and run great.
Tipped up the seat and found corroded battery terminals, so that must be it, right? Cleaned the terminals, no change.
Put on the jumper cables, no change.
Went direct to the starter with jumper cables, not even a spark, even with the main battery cables disconnected. Can't even get a spark just tapping the two jumper cable clamps on the tractor frame.
I've seen and studied a lot of problems but never seen a complete electrical black hole on a tractor, where nothing will even make a spark. It's like the laws of electricity no longer apply.
Tipped up the seat and found corroded battery terminals, so that must be it, right? Cleaned the terminals, no change.
Put on the jumper cables, no change.
Went direct to the starter with jumper cables, not even a spark, even with the main battery cables disconnected. Can't even get a spark just tapping the two jumper cable clamps on the tractor frame.
I've seen and studied a lot of problems but never seen a complete electrical black hole on a tractor, where nothing will even make a spark. It's like the laws of electricity no longer apply.