New to site, need Battery Help
Hi everyone.
I'm new to the site; just picked up a '71 127 to maintain the property at my home. My Dad had a Cub when I was a kid and later a Lo Boy 154 so, when I bought my house a year or so ago I knew it would soon have a yellow and white tractor in the shed! I bought this Cub this summer with the main purpose of using the snowthrower to clear my 300' driveway and parking and turn around.
So, the issue (well at least the one of most concern right now) is the thing cranks over real slow and it's not enough to get it started now that it's cold out. The jackaxd who owned it before me, for whatever reason, decided to mount a tray on the right foot rest and put a car battery on there. I've since taken that off and bought a new correct battery from BJ's but the wiring is still a little cobbled and my battery box seems to be missing a few things that I see in photos of other similar cubs; the hold down bracket for one and also those metal pieces that look like latches although I don't know what they're for. Anyhow, I'm fairly sure the slow cranking is due to a poor ground since the wiring the guy had in there is pretty half-a**'d and the ground wire he had in there is all wore out and many strands of wire have broken, plus the Neg terminal gets real hot when I try to start it. The issue I'm having is that the existing ground is just a 6-8" length of battery cable bolted to the battery box thru a hole that i believe is actually for the rod for the hold down. It's sharing said post with two other wires w/ring terminals, one small yellow wire and one fairly stout white wire that comes out of a harness that runs right down the inside of the dash and all the way down the center of the tractor. I believe this to be the original Ground but I can't find a photo of an original battery in a similar cub ANYWHERE on the web to confirm. Is that white wire the ground? Does anyone have a photo of a battery in a Cub model like this showing the wiring and, as an added bonus, with the battery out so I can see where the wires are supposed to go? Any input or snapshots would save me some aggravation so thanks!
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