Posted by fnkfab on February 06, 2020 at 11:51:56 from (64.223.223.3):
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Well done! I wouldn't believe it if i didn't see it with my own eyes. I got in there with a micro screw driver and solvent spray and dug for 20 minutes or so until this old o-ring magically peeled out!
OK, so that was a moment of elation for me. Next, i installed my filter, topped off my oil, plugged my coi leads and one of my spark plug leads back in (since they were more or less in the way for getting at the filter housing gasket). Then...i went to start the tractor, and instead of the usual wonderful fire up, i got a bit of a slow crank and some weird popping sounds from my battery leads as it boiled off some of the snow.
End result--- my ground battery lead melted in half, my tractor won't crank, and there is a 0.5kohm path from my positive terminal to my negative terminal with the battery removed from the circuit (but maybe that's high enough not to worry?)
All this from changing my oil filter. If we work back from things I've actually touched since yesterday when this fired up and purred like a jungle cat... i had to move some wires around to get at the filter housing. One is a small gauge wire going to my 12V-6V converter on my coil, one spark plug wire where it plugged into the distributor, and one wire of medium gauge with braided insulation that runs apparently from up near the ignition to something just up front on the top part of the engine near the radiator.
I've got a call into a local repair guy. I'm guessing i'm in over my head right now and something is either burnt out or seized.
Not a good last 24 hrs for me. Usually i'm smiling away moving snow on days like these.. ugh.
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