Had the tractor on a trickle charge over winter so I would be able to start it after winter. That didn't work out so good. Battery was super low, barley wanted to crank. Ended up buying a brand new battery. Hooked it up, started to crank two times and then nothing. I went through as much wiring as I could find and rewired and cleaned up terminals. There are a few cheap crimp connectors I need to replace but it looks better wire wise. The parts on this thing look pretty old so I don't mind replacing things such as the solenoid, push button starter, etc. as I plan on keeping it. I read on this site that a regular ford solenoid won't work so I bought a solenoid that is supposed to be for a Ford 4000. Put the new solenoid on and nothing. I tried to ground the wire going from the push button starter to ground and nothing. I took a jumper cable directly from the battery to the starter and it cranks but wont turn over. There are two parts I uploaded on this post that I am not sure would contribute to this problem. Also, I am not sure if it is just cranking and not turning over due to electrical issues or does it just need starting fluid. Is it even possible to spray starting fluid in this tractor? So with all that, I would appreciate any feedback and a few questions answered. What is the part in picture number 2 to the right of the blue wire do? The front of this part is in picture number 3. It is mounted on the right side of the tractor near the battery area. Also, the resistor in picture number 1 does not look to healthy. Will this contribute to not cranking? Lastly, is there a switch on the clutch that could be bad? I remember having to push the pedal down last summer as part of the procedure to start this thing. The worst thing is this tractor started on the first push of the button last summer and now dead to the world. Sorry to ramble but this thing is frustrating me. Need to get it out of the pole barn so I can put ball joints on my truck.