Re: (ET) ET No Go

["Jim (fiskfarm)" <fiskfarm mediaone net>]

IMHO you're right, BUT the power and speed of the 20. 185. and I-5 are a 
joy to
behold. I am used to fast shuttling on large machines and the foot 
throttle ET
models are way ahead in that department. So far the problems are generally
simple like board connector plugs. That is what is currently wrong with my 
I-5
(I just found out today after a little poking around) The solution is the 
same
as I performed on my 20. Pictured here:

http://people.ne.mediaone.net/fiskfarm/ET.Repair.Pictures.html

Sorry Steve,
I must have missed the part about the red hot resistors. That so, forget 
about
the brushes un less there is a short in the armature.  "Red hot" sounds a 
bit
too hot, but without rotation perhaps not. Like everyone else has said
previously, test for field power.

Jim

RJ Kanary wrote:

> Given the choice between the two, my preference would be either the 
> E-12, or
> the later E-15 HA or later. This is because those tractors do not have 
> the
> electronic controls.As Chief Engineer  Montgomery Scott once put it, "The
> more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain 
> ! "
> Simpler, IMHO, is better.
>
> RJ Kanary @ Bandi Bros. Inc.
> Member TRNi  Since 1998
> ASE® Certified Master Auto Technician
> Member Tech Line Associates Since 1987
> rjkanary nauticom net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "SteveS" <ssawtelle fcc net>
> To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:41 PM
> Subject: Re: (ET) ET No Go
>
> > Thanks again to all for the ideas and info!
> >
> > The revelation that what I may have is actually an E12S seems to make
> sense,
> > as the schematic I was using was for an E12 and things weren't adding 
> > up.
> I
> > just looked at an E15 schematic and it looks a lot more like my wiring.
> And
> > there's the circuit card! So, is having an E12S a good thing (compared 
> > to
> an
> > E12)?
> >
> > Can't wait to get home and go thru it armed with the right info!
> >
> > I'm a bit puzzled by Jim's surprise about spinning the motor by hand.
> Should
> > it be hard to move by hand normally?
> >
> > Well like they say:
> >
> > "It's not what you don't know; it's what you know that ain't so"
> >
> > - Steve
> >
> > E12S!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >