Burned AC follow up.

oldtanker · Jan 2, 2014

I posted pics of my BIL's burned up 8070 AC FWA tractor. prior post. Now their new tractor has electrical problems. Gotta rescue them in the morning and feed a few bales to the beef cows.

Rick

rrlund · Jan 2, 2014

Sounds like it's time for a good old simple Oliver 1850 or something.

chevytaHOE5674 · Jan 2, 2014

People give me a hard time about using an old Ford 5000 to feed hay with when I could toss a loader on something newer with a cab and heat.

But that 5000 needs zero electrical to run other than the starter and that can be bypassed with a truck and a chain. The transmission and hydraulics are as simple as they get and just simply work. Might not be the most comfortable thing out there but it gets the job done without any fuss.

rrlund · Jan 2, 2014

Or you can have happen what I did this morning. I started that simple old Oliver 1600 gas to feed with that and the oil light didn't go off in a reasonable amount of time. The spear was already on the 1365 and I had to start that to load silage anyway so I used that to drop some bales in,but there must be some moisture frozen up in the 1600.

MN Scott · Jan 2, 2014

Memory's a little foggy but are they the one's that bought the euro Maxxum for a replacement?

Geo-TH,In · Jan 2, 2014

When I purchased my Jubilee a few years ago, it was converted over to 12v. Bubba could have done a better job. Ammeter wasn't wired, they used old wires, brittle insulation. It was a fire waiting to happen.

I scratched my head, used pencil and paper and made a wiring diagram before I started rewiring. There were 3 circuits, charging, ignition and lights. Each circuit got fused. I used 10g wire for the charging circuit, it got a 30a circuit breaker. The other two circuits were wired with 14g, 15 amp fuses.

Some people gave me a toung lashing for using a 30 amp circuit breaker on a 47 amp alternator. Well, the circuit breaker has NEVER failed. Alternator is lucky to put out 15 amps. No electrical fires and never lost fuse one.

We have many people here give advice on wireing houses, NEC. Yet there are some who don't protect all circuits on their tractors. Is there a tractor NEC?
George

ShadetreeRet · Jan 2, 2014

George,you make a very good point. I have never heard of an electrical code for tractors and other equipment, and you know what happens when certain authorities become involved in codes, etc. However, there is this thing called "common sense" that can go a long way in a situation such as that. I too, have seen situations such as you speak of. Old wiring, naked wires, no fuses, etc. My gosh, it doesn't take that long to make a few repairs now and then! Or, I believe the proper term is "preventive maintenance". Back when you could still work under the dash of a car, I straight wired all my radios so I could play them without using the switch.I ran a feed wire from the battery to the radio, but with an INLINE FUSE.

RC Brooks · Jan 2, 2014

Sorry to hear about their troubles.

All of my equipment is ancient, thought I don't count on farming to pay the bills.

That being said, sometimes all the electrical connections on newer tractors can cause problems that are problematic to hunt down. OR now that they have so many circuits tied together problems can come from many places.

I prefer my tractors simpler because I can work on them and if something is wrong, I can figure it out. I can do all the work I need to do with the tractors we have.

Hopefully it will be a quick and inexpensive fix to get theirs going again.

onefarmer · Jan 2, 2014

Need to keep a low tech tractor around just as an emergency back up. Farmall M with a loader?

oldtanker · Jan 2, 2014

OK they found the problem, was a broken wire.

Rick

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