(ET) Running but still odd things.

[Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

Well, I finally finished refurbishing the deck with a new shell. This 
one has baffles, which means I need to think a bit before putting in my 
stiffener bar over the discharge chute (which is currently only 
supported by the little blanking plate). That part of the deck takes a 
lot of stress, need to think about it a bit.

Fired it up, lot of vibration. Took the blades off, spent some time with 
a cheap-o balancer (the Home Depot one doesn't really fit the holes) and 
took some metal off one side on each blade. Now there is a lot less 
vibration, but not quite perfect. Good enough.

New problem is that the tractor is going into speed 4 right off the bat 
even though all contactors are *not* closed. Very weird. In reverse it 
feels like the field is not coming on, also weird as the motor heats up 
quickly and trips the thermal switch on the motor housing.

I'm not sure if there is a field problem or a short in the main wiring 
or something else. It's never dull, I'll check tomorrow when the weather 
is down to the 70's.