Re: (ET) help

["RJ Kanary" <rjkanary nauticom net>]

No ,they do not have anything that nice. Just edge on connectors, similar 
to
a female spade terminal, on flying leads. No plug at all. My remedy is a
trip to Radio Shack®, to purchase Molex® connectors, and solder flying 
leads
on the PC board.You  then have a secure connection, easier to disassemble,
with less chance of damaging the already fragile board. Did that to my E-20
CA, after it's edge connector went splittsville.


RJ Kanary  Bandi Bros. Inc.
Member TRNi  Since 1998
ASE® Certified Master Auto Technician

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim (fiskfarm)" <fiskfarm attbi com>
To: "Max Hall" <maxo iname com>
Cc: "ET Discussion List (E-mail) (E-mail)" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) help


> Max,
>
> When you say card edge connector, do the 15s have the same twenty contact
> connector and board as the E-20? My fix for those is pictured here :
> http://home.attbi.com/%7Efiskfarm/ET.Repair.Pictures.html
>
> I may have some of the connectors left that I have used on my E-20 & I-5
which
> came off of old computer card racks. The ET connector falls into pieces
and is
> impossible to repair. The card was ok on the I-5 and the contacts line up
with
> my fix-it connector (talk about a miracle) so the repair was much simpler
than
> on the 20 where both had failed (as pictured at above link) The rest is
just a
> matter of soldering the wires in order one at a time. (20 of them)
>
> Jim
>
> Max Hall wrote:
>
> > Yeah, those card-edge connectors are quite dodgy. Trying to fix a weak
> > connection usually lands me in worse trouble, too...
> >
> > http://www.maxmatic.com/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Caplan" <scaplan mdtelephone com>
> > To: "Tickners" <tickners valinet com>; "ET Discussion List (E-mail)
> > (E-mail)" <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 4:03 PM
> > Subject: RE: (ET) help
> >
> > > Fyi , I have had 3 e15's. Two of them had similar problems that were
> > caused by poor connections of the Molex connecter behind the panel 
> > under
the
> > steering wheel coming from the speed control. Good luck.
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tickners [mailto:tickners valinet com]
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 11:38 AM
> > > To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> > > Subject: (ET) help
> > >
> > >
> > > My tractor just died while blowing snow. We got a ton and I didn't 
> > > get
far
> > > at all before it died. I did some testing and initial R&R. My main
> > > disconnect was acting funny previously so I pulled that and cleaned 
> > > it
up,
> > > works better now. The lift and PTO still work fine.
> > >
> > > What happens is when I put it in forward the L contactor just clicks.
It
> > has
> > > 36V at the big lugs and when I put it in forward the small lugs get
about
> > > 12-15V like the voltage supplied to the coil is rapidly switching.
When it
> > > first died it smelled hot and I stopped to check the blower motor and
> > drive
> > > motor with my hand. Then it would kind of edge forward in reverse and
edge
> > > in reverse in forward, now it does nothing. Since it's dead in my
driveway
> > > with about 16" of snow around it I tried jumping the L contactor coil
from
> > > the big lug to the small lug, just to see if I could get the thing to
move
> > > out of the way and it does the same thing, clicking. I thought maybe
the
> > > contactor coil had partially shorted so I swapped the L contactor for
the
> > 2A
> > > contactor and it still does it.
> > >
> > > Now the fine print, I have an E15DA, and it seems like the wiring
doesn't
> > > always match my shop manual. To compound that the PO had the reverse
relay
> > > die so he replaced that with a DPDT toggle, which has worked fine for
the
> > > past 2 years. So to go in reverse you flip the toggle and push the
speed
> > > control forward. Also, the brake switch and seat switch have been
> > bypassed,
> > > and he told me that he had disabled the 1st 2 speeds since he thought
the
> > > resistors up front just wasted battery power. I agree and using low
gear
> > on
> > > the transaxle works just fine, but I have never sat down and figured
how
> > he
> > > did that.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help
> > >
>
>