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Re: Re: 8 volt battery
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Posted by Jon H on June 25, 2004 at 16:08:58 from (69.26.18.60):
In Reply to: Re: 8 volt battery posted by Ron on June 25, 2004 at 15:06:22:
I will be the bad guy this time and add the negative comments about 6V electrics. The small engine tractors may have started well on 6V if the system was in perfect condition,,but the large high compression ones never did.
I am old enough to have run these tractors when they were new,and while they were marginally easy to start on 6V when cold or lightly loaded, they were a disaster when the tractor was accidently stalled while under a constant hard pull. The pathetic 6V starter/battery would be lucky to put one cylinder over compression before it gave up,meanwhile the red hot exhaust manifold was creaking and snapping,and the coolant was at a rumbling boil in the heat soaked head. I remember the anger and frustration of wondering if the head was going to survive this without cracking(very common on some models) After a 15 min cooldown,the engine would free up enough to start,but time was lost and the ever present worry about cracked heads and warped or cracked exhaust manifolds was always there. In the mid 50's when many times the exact same model was delivered from the factory with a 12V electrical system,and started easily under any conditions,and with little or no maintenence except checking battery water level, it made guys like me who earned our living with these machines hope to never be cursed with running one of the older 6V models again.
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