Safer Way To Jump-Start Tractors

Safer Way To Jump-Start Tractors TRACTORS Maintenance (45) 19-1-33 "Anyone who stands on the ground beside a tractor while jump-starting it across the solenoid - no matter what model - should consider making the following modifications to their tractor," says R.D. Fricker, Devils Bluff, Ark. Go to a Radio Shack store (or someplace similar) and buy the following items: 1 N.O. (normally open) push button switch, any type 1 - mounting bracket 1- roll of 18-ga. wire, or lamp cord 2 - terminals to fit switch (crimp) 1 - 1/2-in. ring terminal (crimp) 1- #8 spade terminal (crimp) 1 - short piece of rubber hose, or grommet "Unhook battery. Mount push-button switch in an easy-to-get place on console (weather-proof it if on an open tractor). If tractor has a cab, drill a hole in the cab wall above the clutch. Insert rubber hose or grommet in hole and feed wires through. Attach wires to push button switch. Attach eye ring to the end of one wire. Mount ring on big post of solenoid behind battery cable. Other wire gets a #8 spade. It fits behind smaller terminal marked "S" with wire already attached. "This gives a remote starter button that lets you "jump-start" the tractor safely. My Deere 4620 has a neutral switch that some-times works, sometimes doesn't. Make sure you use a `normally open' switch so that when you push it, it makes contact," says Fricker. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, R.D. Fricker, Rt. l Box 81-B, Devils Bluff, Ark. 72041.

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