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WC starter???????

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Flyin farmall

05-03-2004 09:41:14




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Can the WC starter be made into a key start?if so,what do you need?




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Gene

05-03-2004 22:56:33




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 Re: WC starter??????? in reply to Flyin farmall, 05-03-2004 09:41:14  
More thought on the subject - after two sandwiches and a drink.

You could use just a key on/off switch to control the ignition system and a seperate push button switch to control the solenoid. Common starting system on 1940 - 50 era vehicles.



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Gene

05-03-2004 22:24:03




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 Re: WC starter??????? in reply to Flyin farmall, 05-03-2004 09:41:14  
Yes. But not sure why you would want to do that and if it is worth the effort and expense. You will need a solenoid to match the battery voltage, probably two new battery cables, (at least one more battery cable with both ends converted to an eye), ignition switch, and electrical wire. You will have to block the starting switch on the starter into the starting position or hard wire it into the closed/starting position.

Starting switch will depend on whether you have a magneto or coil/battery operated ignition system. With a coil/battery ignition system the switch needs to be a start/run system with continuity in the on/run position. With a magneto you will need an ignition switch with no continuity in the on/run and start positions to the magnito but it would have to have continuity in the off positon to "kill" the engine.

Once you have all of the necessary parts you will have to wire up the solenoid and ignition system.

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John (AZ)

05-07-2004 05:56:16




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 Re: Re: WC starter??????? in reply to Gene, 05-03-2004 22:24:03  
Gene,
I can give you (and anyone else who cares) a very good reason to convert these tractors to key type start. Last December I got run over by my own tractor and very severly injured, I'll be totally disabled the rest of my life is what I'm being told.
the tractor I was run over by had a magneto ignition with a wire to ground out to kill the engine and a starter button. had it had a key type switch I could have just torned off the key when I figured out I left it in reverse and I was about to get run over. I know what I did was not smart but I did it!
Now I take every chance I find to talk others into putting key type ignitions on thier tractors. I know this isn't original but it is only a minor change that is much safer, especially if you have kids around!

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Gene

05-08-2004 18:47:42




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 Re: Re: Re: WC starter??????? in reply to John (AZ), 05-07-2004 05:56:16  
Sorry to hear about you accident. I made the same mistake, once, when I was about 14 years old. 36 WC, magnito, hand crank. Tractor was in reverse. Still have the same tractor. Now, every time I start it, it's lock both brakes, lock the clutch pedel down, make sure the tractor is out of gear, then crank.

If you wanted to make this tractor safer from/for kids put a key on/off kill switch on the magnito. The problem with tractors unlike automobiles is that everything is pretty much in the open. Secondly, everything is plain dirt simple and any safety system installed can be easily bypassed.

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