Coal Digger

[coal digger]

To all my tractor friends in farmland. Well after scratching me head for several months trying to solve electrical problems on my 3325 Mahindra. Spent lots of time and dollars never realizing the positive post on battery wasn't making a solid contact. Lesson learned, first check power source.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Ouch. Well at least you got it figured out good info to pass on.

 

[Looking4new]

I ALWAYS check the cheapest and easiest thing first.
Does that make me cheap and lazy?

 

[beeforty]

That's basic maintenance. I just helped my 97 year old neighbor with his Kubota that didn't want to start. Dirty lugs, low water and a broken bolt on one terminal. That front mounted battery in front of the radiator isn't the easiest thing to get out either, nothing lazy about doing routine service work!

 

[Fallon]

Been there done that. Wiggled the battery cables & they were tight. Spent hours tearing the das appart, going at it with a multimeter getting weird voltages all over & thinking I had a bad switch. The second I got a fraction of a turn undoing the ground cable bolt my hazards fired up. Crap wasted hours instead of going to the default of loose/corroded grounds or battery cables.

Cable & frame were nice & clean & tight. No clue what happened, but reinstalling it after cleaning worked fine.

 

[Rustyiron]

Spent lots of time and dollars never realizing the positive post on battery wasn't making a solid contact. Lesson learned, first check power source.

You're not alone with those sort of things brother!:drink: