801select-o-speed 1962 gas mod 871-Won't Start

I know the battery is good and that the voltage
regulator is good I also know that the safety nuetral switch is
good.
I put a voltohm meter from the negative side,which
is set up as a negative ground,and the feed side
of the selinoid to the starter and I get no voltage.
I get no voltage as I engage the ignition switch
and as usual all I hear is that annoying one click.
Does anybody have any ideas as I have no hair
left as I was already bald.

I would clean everything at every connection till the metal is bright and shiny and try it again. If it still won't start I would take the battery to someone who can put a load tester on it to determine it's condition. Just because a battery will make sparks doesn't mean it will start the tractor.

If you want to jump it off use this process. I wrote it for the N but it will work the same for the later 6 volt systems.

When jump starting an N tractor with 12 volts it not necessary to hook the 12 volts to the 6 volts battery at all. As a matter of fact I strongly reccomend against it.
Instead hook the 12 volts directly to the frame of the tractor for the ground and with the transmission in neutral and out of the way of the wheels of the tractor so you don't get run over touch the other cable from the 12 volt source to the post on the starter.
By doing it this way you don't even have to worry about the polarity of the batterys or which cable you have to ground or positive to the frame or the starter as the 6 volt systme is not involved at all with the 12 volts. Just turn on the switch and touch the hot cable to the starter post and it will go.

The proper voltage would be ~12 volts.... You are on the right track

JMHO

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Respectdellfully
The ButtonMan

There are certainly more tractor tech�s on this board that are more experienced than myself, but I will attempt to help you.

One of your statements was a red flag to me. You said, �I put a volt ohm meter from the negative side, which is set up as a negative ground, and the feed side of the solenoid to the starter and I get no voltage�. To me, this would indicate that you are somehow not getting voltage to the line side (battery side) of your solenoid.

You can take one conductor of a jumper-cable and jump from the line side (battery) of the solenoid to the load side (starter) (make sure tractor is in neutral). If nothing happens, you are not getting voltage to the starter through the solenoid. The solenoid is simply a switch that, when energized through the starter switch, closes a circuit to the starter motor. If the starter motor turns over good when jumped, then you need to double check everything to make sure you are getting full voltage at the solenoid and the solenoid is indeed good.

Another test you can try is to take the jumper-cables and connect one end of the black cables to the �ground� post on the battery, the other end of the black to the starter casing/housing/bolt ends. Then take the red cable and connect one end to the �hot� side of the battery post and use the other end to energize the starter at the load side of the solenoid or the hot post on the starter. (Make sure tractor is in neutral) If the starter motor cranks the engine, you have a problem from the battery to the solenoid. HTH. Rick H. Ga.