3000 distributor ground wire

Vellerius

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I haven't had much luck with exactly what to get to replace it


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It's a very flexible "braided copper wire", lots of choices on ebay, flat material should work just fine.

Or, if you want original, Ford and New Holland part numbers are B9AF12264A, 81806868, and 83928363.

Messick's says it's been discontinued, but to call and they may be able to locate one. 877-260-3528.

Alternately, there's another, longer, Ford ground wire that's more readily available, 7RA-12264.

GOOGLE will show you lots of places to buy that one, could be shortened, or doubled up out of the way and used as-is, IMHO.
 

For future reference, if you need flat copper braid in small widths up to maybe a quarter inch, you can go to electronics websites, like Digikey, and look up "Solder Wick" or "Solder Braid"

We use it all the time in the lab.

You could insulate it with heat shrink or tubing.

The reason for braid here may not be so much for flexibility as it is for low inductance. Conductors that are wider, relative to their length transmit high frequencies (like ignition noise) better, due to lower inductance.

Here is a picture of some braid that I just used today at work (to absorb solder)... but it's still just braided flat copper wire.
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Still seem to be having spark issues, it seems like battery is working harder than it should on the start. I'm thinking its time to just rewire tractor, the wires are in bad shape anyways.
 
(quoted from post at 15:21:52 05/10/19)
For future reference, if you need flat copper braid in small widths up to maybe a quarter inch, you can go to electronics websites, like Digikey, and look up "Solder Wick" or "Solder Braid"

We use it all the time in the lab.

You could insulate it with heat shrink or tubing.

The reason for braid here may not be so much for flexibility as it is for low inductance. Conductors that are wider, relative to their length transmit high frequencies (like ignition noise) better, due to lower inductance.

Here is a picture of some braid that I just used today at work (to absorb solder)... but it's still just braided flat copper wire.
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Wire has to be flexible, as breaker plate moves with the vacuum advance, that explains the fine wire.

It is a ground wire and doesn't have to be insulated.

I considered suggesting "solder wick", but that often has flux in it, making it potentially corrode over time.
 
I replaced the ground wire with one of the ones you posted for me to get Bob, spark def improved but I'm still getting a rough draw from brand new battery
 

Almost all wick nowadays is without flux, because just about every commercial solder operation is a "no clean" operation. The commercial electronics industry is trying to do away with flux.

Of course, flux makes hand work much easier, so...we also have syringes of flux in the lab. When we use solder wick, we sometimes add our own flux from the syringe to make it work better.

Makes sense what you said about flexibility. Now I get it.
 

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