handirifle
Veteran Member
I figured it out thankfully, but thought I'd mention it anyway.
Having some concrete work done here (paying someone cause I am horrible at concrete) and was getting ready to start the ole 1010 to bring in some dirt to fill in the forms a bit.
Since I leave the key in, I turned it to the Gp's for the mandatory count, switched to ignition and.....nothing. I thought, Great, did I leave the key on?
Well I then went back to the GP position, and this time looked at the lights,.....again.. nothing.
Well I figured the battery was totally dead. Walk to the workshop, get the charger and ext cord. Pull off the front crossbar, raise the hood, and hook the charger up. Put charger on "start" position, since I figured the GP's would draw a lot of juice, and noticed ..again, no lights, no nothing.
So, back to the shop, to get pliers and a volt meter to start checkin it out. After tracing through the clutch switch (and then later remembering the GP's always worked with the clutch out before...duh!) then pulling the ignition switch out and checking that. Found no 12v period. Went to the battery, sure enough, 13.5v there. noticed when charger is put on "charge" mode, it sends out just a few amps. Two possibilities there, back connection, or it's fully charged. Check connections, and they're good. Must be charged.
At ignition switch there is NO power coming in or out. backtrack, a bit to where power comes from battery, and goes to starter solenoid. Voila! I found the ign wire at the solenoid, had broken.
Well since I don't have a connector with that big of a hole in it, I soldered the dirty greasy wire, back on the dirty greasy connector. It held, but barely.
I WILL replace that little bit of wiring. Stuck the key back in the newly re-installed ignition switch, and Yipee! the Mighty Massey fired right up.
Funny how one little wire can screw up an afternoon.
Thank the Good Lord, these things are simple.
Having some concrete work done here (paying someone cause I am horrible at concrete) and was getting ready to start the ole 1010 to bring in some dirt to fill in the forms a bit.
Since I leave the key in, I turned it to the Gp's for the mandatory count, switched to ignition and.....nothing. I thought, Great, did I leave the key on?
Well I then went back to the GP position, and this time looked at the lights,.....again.. nothing.
Well I figured the battery was totally dead. Walk to the workshop, get the charger and ext cord. Pull off the front crossbar, raise the hood, and hook the charger up. Put charger on "start" position, since I figured the GP's would draw a lot of juice, and noticed ..again, no lights, no nothing.
So, back to the shop, to get pliers and a volt meter to start checkin it out. After tracing through the clutch switch (and then later remembering the GP's always worked with the clutch out before...duh!) then pulling the ignition switch out and checking that. Found no 12v period. Went to the battery, sure enough, 13.5v there. noticed when charger is put on "charge" mode, it sends out just a few amps. Two possibilities there, back connection, or it's fully charged. Check connections, and they're good. Must be charged.
At ignition switch there is NO power coming in or out. backtrack, a bit to where power comes from battery, and goes to starter solenoid. Voila! I found the ign wire at the solenoid, had broken.
Well since I don't have a connector with that big of a hole in it, I soldered the dirty greasy wire, back on the dirty greasy connector. It held, but barely.
I WILL replace that little bit of wiring. Stuck the key back in the newly re-installed ignition switch, and Yipee! the Mighty Massey fired right up.
Funny how one little wire can screw up an afternoon.
Thank the Good Lord, these things are simple.