Re: (ET) New 'almost failure' mode... Motor power, etc.

[Jeremy Gagliardi com]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:01:53 -0400 , "Elie, Larry (L.D.)" wrote:
> OK, a new 'almost' failure mode.  
> 
> I have been working on ET's for 7 or 8 years now.  I thought I had 'seen 
> it
> all' (well, I knew better I guess...) but here's a new one:
> 
> I go out to mow.  I go to lower the front lift and it doesn't go down.  I
> check the fuse socket (they get rusty... very common) but that isn't it.
> Hmm.  I start looking around.  I go to trace the wire to the lift 
> and... huh?  The wire isn't on the back battery!  When set up right, the
> lift goes to a terminal on the back 
> set under the seat, front battery on the right.  The terminal has MELTED.
> The wire fell off.  The tractor is STILL RUNNING.  The cable stayed in 
> the
> pile of lead that was the terminal.  I had been tilling, and I 
> suspect the connection was very loose.  I got hot, but kept working.  It
> melted but kept working.  I touch 
> the lift wire to the terminal and it still goes up and down.  The battery
> still tests good.  I'm going to 
> try and make a more rugged connection to what's left of the terminal.

I've had a post melt.  When I discovered it, I decided to check all the 
wires. 
I found a battery cable under the chassis that had come loose and rubbed 
raw by
the drive belt.  I suspect the cable touched metal and created a short that
melted the terminal.  I also noticed a small wire crunched by the steering 
gear.

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