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Well I went to a tractor pull last night. Being a complete newbie and not knowing how to do it i went 69'.
Alas as I was waiting my turn I tried to start my tractor and it failed to start. Here I was doing a one step dance of sorts on my tractor when a club member came over and suggested that we had to bump start it. Good thing I just bought fuel as the tractor was going to be idling for some time. First it was myself and one other, next I knew the whole club was manually pushing on my tractor to get it to start.
So now that it is home and in my garage I need to remove the starter. I figure I just need to clean up the contacts on the starter mechanism.
So I realize I must undo my battery cable and unwind it so that the cable can provide some slack when I lower the starter. Also the foot lever has been unpinned to let the pull shaft come out with the starter. The plate has been removed from the underside of the tractor.
I was hoping I could read about the rest of the removal. So I opened my useless I&T shop manual and found it was even more useless by declaring "if your starter doesnt work, it needs to be removed". Well yeah! But there is no info on it. What a terrible publication!
When I have the money I will probably try to buy one of those $40 manuals I see on Ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Deer-60-Se ... 58935d5747
So what I need to know is, how the heck am I supposed to get this silly thing out?
Suggestions please, preferably some one that has removed one. And yes I realize it means getting dirty and items require unbolting. HAHA very funny. Grin
Alas as I was waiting my turn I tried to start my tractor and it failed to start. Here I was doing a one step dance of sorts on my tractor when a club member came over and suggested that we had to bump start it. Good thing I just bought fuel as the tractor was going to be idling for some time. First it was myself and one other, next I knew the whole club was manually pushing on my tractor to get it to start.
So now that it is home and in my garage I need to remove the starter. I figure I just need to clean up the contacts on the starter mechanism.
So I realize I must undo my battery cable and unwind it so that the cable can provide some slack when I lower the starter. Also the foot lever has been unpinned to let the pull shaft come out with the starter. The plate has been removed from the underside of the tractor.
I was hoping I could read about the rest of the removal. So I opened my useless I&T shop manual and found it was even more useless by declaring "if your starter doesnt work, it needs to be removed". Well yeah! But there is no info on it. What a terrible publication!
When I have the money I will probably try to buy one of those $40 manuals I see on Ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Deer-60-Se ... 58935d5747
So what I need to know is, how the heck am I supposed to get this silly thing out?
Suggestions please, preferably some one that has removed one. And yes I realize it means getting dirty and items require unbolting. HAHA very funny. Grin