Hello from Tennessee

fannascar · Jun 10, 2019

Going to jump right to a question. Had starter rebuilt on a 1250 John Deere tractor. Had nothing on tractor. Since rebuild it would only click with hot battery. Hooked truck up to it , with battery still hooked, and it turned over but then went back to clicking. I put meter on the battery and all was good. Hooked to ground then post on starter all good. But when I turned the key the reading dropped to like 2.3. Does this mean I do not have enough cranking amps to turn over the tractor, or is the rebuild not good? Also the cables were smoking and got very hot. Thanks

snymat68 · Jun 10, 2019

If the cables were smoking it sounds like something is shorted somewhere.

Thomas · Jun 10, 2019

:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.
Might want to ask question in its post you should get more responds.

fannascar · Jun 11, 2019

How do I post?

skipperbrown · Jun 11, 2019

If your voltage is dropping that much on a good battery, you have a bad rebuild. Do you have a clamp on amp meter? It would be interesting to see how many amps it is drawing because it sounds like you almost have a direct short.