Dumb ASV Question

bigtalker · Feb 16, 2012

I've got an ASV RC 100 I bought about a year ago for personal use on my farm. Have not used it for about 3 months and battery is dead. I've tried and tried to jump and charge it thru the metal post in the rear of the machine. These are not the battery post but auxiliary post wired out from the battery to use for jump starting. The manuals I got off the internet do not once mention the battery location. It is not visible anywhere. I assume it's under the cab. The manual does say to raise the cab the lift arms must be raised which i can't do if it won't crank.

Am I doing something wrong using the auxiliary post.

How can I raise the arms with a dead battery.

The battery reads 5.25 volts and charging makes no difference.

PLease help me. Also don't tell me I should't have got an ASV. I already know that.

Greg B

cili · Feb 16, 2012

Will it do anything when trying to jump.

tonyoz · Feb 16, 2012

If you can put the positive jump lead on the starter motor, the negitive can be grounded anywhere then start. Leave the jump leads attached while you raise the arms. If the battery isn't holding a charge it is more than likley stuffed and you should also have the alternator checked out as they are prone to failure,(diode problem if I remember rightly).

McCaskey · Feb 16, 2012

Unfortunately, the battery is under the cab on the left side behind seat. The arms need to be lifted to tilt cab up. Arms are lifted by forklift or a FEL. You can pull 2 cylinder pins to lift arms quickly, or slowly hoisted up while cyl fluid slowly leaks thru the system. Secure the arms, if they fall while cab is lifted, you & machine will suffer a lot of pain.

The battery compartment is quickly loaded with debris, causing battery terminals to corrode. I make a point to clean the battery posts every time the cab gets lifted.

Not a fun or safe procedure.

bigtalker · Feb 17, 2012

Thanks tonyo and mckaskey. Good to know I can raise the arms manually.

Cili, It doesn't even make a sound. Voltmeter reads 5.25 even after charging at 10 amps for 12 hours.

cili · Feb 17, 2012

Have you tried jumping with good high amp vehicle or the like and good cables. If it's not doing anything with good jump then we need to look at other possibilities. Found it best to take one step at a time. No doubt your battery or altenator may be bad but if it's battery then it would certainly be better to get running to lift arms. Be sure your quick attach button is in lock and the high & low flow buttons are centered. Check these and if that doesnt work let us know because ther's a couple more things that it could be. Good luck!

Gale Hawkins · Feb 17, 2012

How do you like the 100?

They had a track 2003 ASV 30 listed locally for $7500 OBO with 413 hours, dirt bucket, grapple bucket and limb shear attactment.

It sold really fast but at about 3500 pounds I was concerned on our hills. bucket load limit was 800 pounds. Sure the small size would have been good for making woods look like a park.

masalser · Feb 17, 2012

I had problems with my battery and was having trouble diagnosing it. Turned out that a wiring harness clamp on the underside of the cab was corroded and causing a high resistance short on the battery when the cab was in the down position. Keep an eye out for that. It still boggles my mind that asv didn't engineer things so that you could lift the cab with the loader arms down!

tonyoz · Feb 18, 2012

masalser said:
I had problems with my battery and was having trouble diagnosing it. Turned out that a wiring harness clamp on the underside of the cab was corroded and causing a high resistance short on the battery when the cab was in the down position. Keep an eye out for that. It still boggles my mind that asv didn't engineer things so that you could lift the cab with the loader arms down!

Mate, you are lucky to have a cab that lifts at all. Try working on a Rayco.

Bison · Mar 5, 2012

bigtalker said:
I've got an ASV RC 100 I bought about a year ago for personal use on my farm. Have not used it for about 3 months and battery is dead. I've tried and tried to jump and charge it thru the metal post in the rear of the machine. These are not the battery post but auxiliary post wired out from the battery to use for jump starting. The manuals I got off the internet do not once mention the battery location. It is not visible anywhere. I assume it's under the cab. The manual does say to raise the cab the lift arms must be raised which i can't do if it won't crank.

Am I doing something wrong using the auxiliary post.

How can I raise the arms with a dead battery.

The battery reads 5.25 volts and charging makes no difference.

PLease help me. Also don't tell me I should't have got an ASV. I already know that.Greg B

Sucks,..doesn't it?.
I have a 4810,batt is the only thing thats easy to get at,but the rest is a huge pain in the arse.
I wish some one would've beat the p!ss outa me for even looking at that contraption :ashamed: