John Deere 4020 starter

marcusoverholtzer · Mar 10, 2017

I ordered a new starter and received it and it is way bigger than the old one and its a 12 volt and my tractor has a 24 volt system. is it possible to use the starter although its a 12 volt or will it burn the starter up?? Also some crazy person put an alternater on instead of a generator but they didn't conver the rest of the system so now that I have a starter and alternator what else is needed to complete the conversion? Thanks

Tx Jim · Mar 10, 2017

Attach 12 volt batteries in parallel instead of series then attach both brown & blue wires in wiring harness at starter to the top post on the 12 volt starter solenoid post. If alternator is 12 volt then you should be good to go.

marcusoverholtzer · Mar 10, 2017

How do I do the parallel hookup?

guido · Mar 10, 2017

(quoted from post at 03:47:09 03/11/17) How do I do the parallel hookup?

A cable + to + and a cable - to - across both batteries.
Plus lead to were it is now, negative to ground,

Guido.

Olliejunkie · Mar 10, 2017

Be careful and make sure you do it right. You could have an electrical fire or battery blow up.

MikeinKy · Mar 10, 2017

Connect both positive posts the the starter and ground both negative posts.

marcusoverholtzer · Mar 10, 2017

Does anyone have a picture of how the batterys are wired ans such? I apologize for this but I'm a complete idiot when it comes to wiring. Thanks
Marcus

Bob · Mar 10, 2017

Marcus, if you care to email me I will forward some detailed instructions. Gotta get that done tonight, for a couple of other guys.

Bob · Mar 10, 2017

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