Posted by Absent Minded Farmer on August 14, 2013 at 18:31:06 from (68.114.237.14):
At least I believe it to be a wiring issue. I was out baling this afternoon & the 460 just stopped dead. When I pushed the starter button, there was nothing. I checked over all the wires I could find & everything seems to be connected. There was a white 12 - 14 ga. wire that comes down to the battery side of the solenoid that had a corroded end on it. Replaced it with a new end on the spot & no change. Cleaned the battery posts & both ends of the wires & that made no difference. Put a charger on the battery & the meter read about full. Pulled the kill switch out & jumped the posts on the solenoid. The engine cranks just fine, it just won't fire. I did note that there were some fairly fresh scorch marks already on the posts, so I'm thinking this may have been a problem before? I personally don't know much about the tractor as I've only had it for about a week & the owner is deceased.
I have given it a bit of a tune-up. The plugs, cap & rotor are new. The plug wires don't look old & the points are fine. The old gas was drained & the fuel line was cleaned. Didn't feel like putzing with cleaning out the sediment bowl, so I replaced it with a good one I had stashed away. I noted the bottom of the gas tank was relatively void of any debris. Just half of a grass hopper & a wasp. Got those suctioned out with a hose & "vacuumed" up the rest of the crumbs off of the bottom of the tank. That's all I've done to it so far & it ran like a track star until it conked out in the field. I suppose after all I was through with rewiring my old 400 I should have this figured by now. Must be the frustration.
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