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Message: <blockquote data-quote="terracefarmer" data-source="post: 90818" data-attributes="member: 13096"><p>We were replacing the two batteries about once a year, along with the cables, so I switched them to a single top thread battery along with new cables the last time around, not quite the same cold cranking amps, but close and that way could hook up several batteries at once, up to three at a time just outside the skid steer to test and see if it made a difference in overall cranking performance, which it didn't. Both the starter repair shop and my new Holland repair guy told me to use the larger single battery instead of the two smaller batteries to save the extra connections and possible problems area's. We also put larger diameter cable's on the last time as well. New Holland makes a gear reduction starter that would fit, but due to the fuel filter housing will be in the way, I can't put it on. We load tested the battery, cables and have enough volts and amps at the battery, we checked that before hitting the starter this time around, we also tested it before we pulled the starter out to have the solenoid put on, due to it wouldn't roll over at all, just heat up the cables and connections and make the solenoid smoke. I watched my starter guy bench test the starter, it worked fine after the solenoid was put on it, they checked over the armature and brushes, bushings, and checked for a short in the starter, basically the starter is in great shape. The starter shop claims the problem is in the skid steer somewhere, the New Holland mechanics in my area tell me its in the starter if everything checks out fine with the battery, and cables. I asked the starter fix it guy, who's done great work for me for over a decade, never had an issue with anything he's worked on, but this skid steer starter, if the starter would act differently once its under a load and in the machine, he told me he'd never had one, he's in his 70's and done this all his life. The only thing I didn't check, that my starter guy told me to, was while it was being cranked, to check the voltage at the starter activation wire from the switch as I tried to start it, he said it might be the culprit. I checked it before I hooked it up, I had almost 12 volts, but didn't check it as I cranked it over, totally forgot to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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