Randy in Va.
New User
My International 140 had been sitting for a good while and I went to start it the other day and the battery had run down. I pulled it and it started and ran about 2-3 minutes and then cut off like I had turned off the switch. I charged the battery and went to reconnect it and when I went to put on the negative ground terminal on the battery it was arcing really bad. Thought the battery may have dropped a cell so I went and got a new one. On connecting the new one, the ground arced so bad it burned the clamp off of the end of the cable. I installed a 12v conversion a couple of years ago and it has worked great. With the conversion, I replaced the wiring harness and put in an electronic ignition. It's like it has a dead short somewhere. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.