RE: (ET) update on ET15 starter problem...

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

The motor can run until it is nearly too hot to touch.  I don't remember 
if the E15 has a thermal interlock; if so, it will re-start after cooling 
for a few hours.  The only ones I trip are the tiller and snow-blower; 
they are manual reset buttons, on the end of the motor.  If the motor is 
overheating, your load or current gauge will be reading very high compared 
to normal.  Even bad bearings can cause motor overheating.  IF the motor 
overheats, it should NOT stop the lift, lights or accessories from 
working!  I don't yet get this.  The speed reversals are particularly 
disturbing.

Larry Elie

-----Original Message-----
From: vince albrecht [mailto:wva329 hotmail com]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 1:35 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) update on ET15 starter problem...


I took to heart those of you who responded last week regarding my 
intermediate stoppage of the ET.  Since I only see the ET once a week, or 
maybe every other week, I'm not able to perform operations.  Here's what 
has 
happened: Again, the ET completely shuts down with gauges going blank on 
all 
aspects: lift, Acc, etc.  But we noticed that underneath, the motor was 
very 
hot.  Someone had mentioned that the breaker on the motor could get hot 
enough to make everything quit.  I'm beginning to think that's what 
happened, because we don't seem to have trouble until after mowing for a 
good 1/2 hour or so.  That seems awfully quick for a motor to shut down!?

Regarding the switch, I put the wires to the switch on the seat together, 
and there wasn't any difference.

Regarding battery terminals, there were some a little loose and some whose 
wire going into the clamp were loose and I tightened them all. Still no 
difference.
I even opened up the "plate" that the fuses sit on and noticed in front of 
the speed control, that a wire was off the circuit board and put it back 
on.

Question: can I do anything about the hot motor, if that seems to be the 
problem?
Also, another problem: we're increasingly getting forward going into 
reverse, and even sometimes, reverse to go forward!  I think I have some 
problem with the speed control itself, though I don't think this is a 
related problem.
I really appreciate the info you give me.  thanks a lot.

Vince Albrecht, Crystal Lake, IL

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