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1973 MF 50A Won't start
| stewart |
My MF won't start, I've had this problem before, it acts like the batteries are dead but they are fully charged, it will work great time after time and then all of a sudden it won't start, its almost like there is a short, and if I have a battery charger going when I try to start it smoke comes from the starter/solenoid area, could the ignition switch be bad?
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| Jeff Z. |
The first thing to do is take the time and take apart every wire connection and clean them good and tighten.Most of the time it is a dirty or loose connection somewhere. Start were you see the smoke.
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| stewart |
So I did that as much as I could get to including the battery terminals. I also removed and replaced electrical wire tape on the harness making sure to isolate ground and power wires. I noticed that the rubber grommet that seals the solenoid connection into the starter is melted, probably where the smoke came from. The starter was recently rebuilt, a couple of years ago and I pulled it last year and took it in to be tested, they said it was in good condition. The batteries have a full charge, I turned the lights on and tried starting it and they dimmed quite a bit.
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