sometimes ya gotta laugh at yourself..5000 no start

NNP

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I have a lot of tractors, and sometimes forget each ones little quirks....my only excuse...

needed the muscle/weight of my 5000 with loader, filled 18.4-30's,
counterweight, etc, to remove a fairly large tree.
Hopped on and turned the key....click.
Darn battery is dead? got my voltmeter.
battery voltage looks good, no drop when I turn the key, ok, bad connection somewhere. started at the battery and started cleaning, tightening.
Well, when I got down to the starter/solenoid (last cuz it's pretty tight in there with the loader)
there was that little dumb blade connector solenoid wire....unplugged...it's happened before, I had just given it a squeeze and plugged it back on previously.
Just forgot about that quirk....
Looked around sheepishly to make sure no 'real' mechanics had seen my 'duh'
and got to work.
(oh well, at least I have all clean-tight connections now)

ps after loosening up the dirt a bit around the base, that 5000 pulled the entire big tree over in First/low without even grunting.
 
If no one saw it, it didn't happen right? LOL
I can certainly relate to those "DOH!" moments!
 
BTDT,
Finished rewireing this 4400 I'm working on.
Got it all together and it wouldn't turn over with the key.
Huh??
Grrr.
Now what??
Oh yeah, I didn't have the neutral safety wires hooked up.
Plugged them in and vroom.
I wish all electrical problems were so easy to fix.
 
Hi
I never saw you do it L.O.L! That must be a ford
thing to do that with the terminal on a starter. I
got a ford County based on a 5000. That does exactly
the same thing, with that small terminal. I put a
new one on and 2 years later back the same.
Must also be like the JD lawn tractor quirks too.
every body I know ownes one of them has at least one
wheel goes flat over winter L.O.L.
Regards Robert
 
Sounds like that 5000 made quick work of that tree. As you said it was not a bad idea to clean up those terminals etc anyway.
 

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