> Seller told me it was a negative is the positive stystem. So I connect the ground cable to the positive terminal and the cable that goes to the starter to the negative.
Whew, that's a little confusing in the first sentence, but I think you got it right.
The six volt gas tractors were indeed wired up with a positive ground system.
The starter itself doesn't care, and you could actually reset a generator (not an alternator!) to work either way, but normally they are positive ground.
The positive battery terminal goes to ground.
The negative battery terminal goes to the starter.
As the others say, one of these happened:
1. You held the starter down too long. At 6 volts, they draw twice the amps of a 12v system, and that amp load overloads things, you can't overdo the cranking on the old 6 volt setups or something overheats and melts.
2. A tired worn out starter draws more amps, and will overheat something.
3. Dirty poor connections or cables offer more resistance, and will overheat quicker.
(You see the common thread here, less voltage, means more amps, and more amps can cause bigger heat load in a shorter time when something isn't right....)
4. Undersized wires, as mentioned. Less voltage, more amps, needs a bigger wire.
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