(ET) maintenance

[Jeremy Gagliardi com]

This may be old hat to some or trivial to others, but I thought I'd
mention what I figured out when I decided to do some maintenance on my
E20 yesterday.

(1) I opened up the panel just below the console.  There, I found 2
large wires had been crunched -- both salvageable -- by the steering
gear.  I taped the wires tightly into place.

(2) I was tracing wires under the tractor, and I discovered one had been
worn down by the drive belt -- again salvageable.  It was just hanging
loose, so I put it into the bracket that was holding the other wires.

(3) Rear battery box:  Batt3's + terminal was melted about a 1/3 way
down, like it had been soldered.  Could this be due to the worn wires,
or perhaps a wire contacting the tractor body?

(4) I greased all of the steering and front wheel assemblies.  Oh boy,
does it have easy steering now!  However, I also noticed some hairline
fractures in one of the struts used to steer.  What causes that?

(5) I went to trace the wires used by the lights, horn and controlls. 
The lighs & horn were easy enough, but the controls are a maze of
wires.  I need to find out which wires I can disconnect and reconnect to
a 12V battery.  Does anyone know which wires I need to reconnect to get
the controls onto a separate 12V battery?

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