Check your batteries

[JCB]

Saturday my 2210 wouldn't start. Parked indoors, 240+ hours and the battery terminal had corroded through.

You know the symptoms turn key, starter engages, clicks but will not turn, dashboard lights go dim...bad battery/connection. I popped the hood checked the battery and the positive terminal looked like it had a broccoli and cauliflower salad where I expected to see a copper terminal. I'm always surprised by the amount of corrosion on batteries, but the colors and amount of corrosion I saw here were like Dr. Suess: yellow, green, white, blue.....

Anyhow I got a brush, channel-locks and some wrenches and got to work. I didn't think to get a picture until I was on my way to the hardware store, but then finally took a couple to show you guys.

In pieces the round part at 11:00 is what's left of the original terminal. The shiny piece at 12:00 is the terminal end that attaches to the cable. It's shiny after working on it with the channel locks.

Background is mid fight getting the pressed terminal end off the actual battery cable. It only show some of the corrosion remnants, because the rest are already on the floor, but I did mention the colors.

It's only a $5.00 repair for a new terminal, but it did take an hour from the time I wanted to start the tractor until I actually was able. I'm glad I won't have to do that this winter now. Now, I can probably wait a couple years until I think about that battery terminals again. The rest of you probably shouldn't!

Joe

 

[OtterBrookStables]

Now I've just got to go check my 2210

I have about the same hours, so could be a similar issue. Rather do in now at 50 degrees than in January at 0 degrees!

Thanks for the tip.

 

[kennyd]

It's pretty common knowledge around here that the JD batteries SUCK bigtime. Usually they leak acid and destroy the tray's and hydro coolers. Get a Optima sealed battery and never look back.

Do a search for the word "optima" if you want to read some horror stories...

 

[gunmaker]

Kenny's right JD batteries are the pits. Might as well go to a heavy duty deep-cycle that's sealed, like the Optima.

 

[20 20]

That's why I smear grease on my connections, batteries go dead before they get corroded.

 

[Thomas]

Also clean post and leads until shine add grease..plus adding rubber boot both connections.

 

[20 20]

Hey Thomas, I'm still not completely sold on the rubber boot idea. It seems like good protection from hitting the connections with a wrench or something metal. As far as the boot in general goes though I would think it would hold moisture in and may speed up corrosion?????? 1 of those deals, darned if ya do, darned if ya don't

 

[Thomas]

Morn 20/20..hope your not wet yet from this nasty storm.

"I'm still not completely sold on the rubber boot idea & 1 of those deals, darned if ya do, darned if ya don't"

I yet to have problem..knocking on wooden head ..when we had the old Farmalls batteries had no fancy hoods for protection etc. so we made made boots out of inter tubes or inter tube covering top protecting post/connecting and grease well..only down side had to check connection every now and than for tightness.

I remember years back older gentlman spit his chew on both post than tighten cables..he said nothing going to grow now.

 

[20 20]

Hey again Thomas; yeh it's raining cats and dogs, nothing new. Lost our summer to this crap weather.

You know now that I think of it we use to do the same thing with old inner tubes, and yes it did work good. I believe we used them on an old farmall ford and case. I figured they were more for zap prtection then anything

That's funny about the chew thing, I've seen an ole timer do the same thing. I believe he was just busting my____ though. I do know that chew does work great for keeping black flys away. Back when I chewed I couldn't understand why everyone complained about BF's. Now that I don't chew anymore I understand