John Deere 5055E; Starter Replacement
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Pretty sure most 'name brands' are the same as the DB etc. repackaged ala NAPA Dorman.
a lot of those solenoids use a copper disk which sometimes be flipped or dressed back up in a pinch. Fix it up and you have a spare.
Date: 2022-08-15
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Alan
When I was growing up, Dad has his toolbox and a nice assortment of tools he kept in the garage. I was notorious for borrowing a tool, or two, and not putting it back in the toolbox. He often found them lying on ground, somewhere in the yard, and I would get yelled at again for not putting tools away where I found them.
When my boys were old enough, I would often insisted they help me with projects that required mechanical tools. I taught them how to use a wrench, a ratchet and socket, screw drivers, different kinds of pliers, so on and so forth. When we were finished the project, they would help me wipe off the tools, and put them back in the toolbox. You know, I never had any problems with them borrowing tools and leaving them out. I tried to be a better father to my boys than my father was to me. I was successful is some areas, and not so successful, in other areas. Such is life. Good memories though!
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When I was growing up, Dad has his toolbox and a nice assortment of tools he kept in the garage. I was notorious for borrowing a tool, or two, and not putting it back in the toolbox. He often found them lying on ground, somewhere in the yard, and I would get yelled at again for not putting tools away where I found them.
When my boys were old enough, I would often insisted they help me with projects that required mechanical tools. I taught them how to use a wrench, a ratchet and socket, screw drivers, different kinds of pliers, so on and so forth. When we were finished the project, they would help me wipe off the tools, and put them back in the toolbox. You know, I never had any problems with them borrowing tools and leaving them out. I tried to be a better father to my boys than my father was to me. I was successful is some areas, and not so successful, in other areas. Such is life. Good memories though!
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calholli
I bought some rotors for an F150 -- and I decided not to put them on because the one's I had were still in great shape after I took a grinder and ground off that outer lip edge, while spinning the rotor by hand while still on the vehicle/ it works great as a poor-boy style lathe action. But anyway, those new rotors sat in my shed for nearly 6 years, and I stumbled across them and opened them up and noticed that they were still oiled and covered with the plastic wrap and had not rusted at all. and I took them back to O'reillys with the receipt that I had magically found-- and they took them back without any questions. I was pretty shocked by that - so apparently, they do takes some things back, even years later.
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I bought some rotors for an F150 -- and I decided not to put them on because the one's I had were still in great shape after I took a grinder and ground off that outer lip edge, while spinning the rotor by hand while still on the vehicle/ it works great as a poor-boy style lathe action. But anyway, those new rotors sat in my shed for nearly 6 years, and I stumbled across them and opened them up and noticed that they were still oiled and covered with the plastic wrap and had not rusted at all. and I took them back to O'reillys with the receipt that I had magically found-- and they took them back without any questions. I was pretty shocked by that - so apparently, they do takes some things back, even years later.
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Kntryhart
1: 15 I had a similar situation on a Case IH 235. I did install a new starter, but being the curious type, I disassembled the old starter to diagnose. What I found was that one lead on one brush was improperly routed. As the brush wore, the brush spring could not force the brush against the commutator. Long story-short, I rerouted the wire and now have a spare starter. Regards.
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1: 15 I had a similar situation on a Case IH 235. I did install a new starter, but being the curious type, I disassembled the old starter to diagnose. What I found was that one lead on one brush was improperly routed. As the brush wore, the brush spring could not force the brush against the commutator. Long story-short, I rerouted the wire and now have a spare starter. Regards.
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KLC
Good! You fix heavy equipment too! I am on my way with my Rusty D5 Cat dozer, I'll drop the key in the drop box at your shop. I need ALL the hydraulic soft and hard lines replaced, You will need to shovel the 29 years of cow sheet out of all the crevices first. I will spray all the rotten hold down bolts and fittings with PB blaster now. Can you have it ready by tomorrow?
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Good! You fix heavy equipment too! I am on my way with my Rusty D5 Cat dozer, I'll drop the key in the drop box at your shop. I need ALL the hydraulic soft and hard lines replaced, You will need to shovel the 29 years of cow sheet out of all the crevices first. I will spray all the rotten hold down bolts and fittings with PB blaster now. Can you have it ready by tomorrow?
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Robert
Yes, probably a flaw in the contacts of the solenoid. I've just had similar failures from my furnace pressure switches: poor contact finishing causing high resistance in early life. Can we ever get the suppliers or distributors to follow up on such hidden flaws? Poor quality control and the lack of integrity from suppliers costs us time, money and aggravation.
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Yes, probably a flaw in the contacts of the solenoid. I've just had similar failures from my furnace pressure switches: poor contact finishing causing high resistance in early life. Can we ever get the suppliers or distributors to follow up on such hidden flaws? Poor quality control and the lack of integrity from suppliers costs us time, money and aggravation.
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spelunkerd
That's a good point about having the ability to do drop testing across the solenoid itself. Many starters don't expose that third post, I think it's diagnostic gold. With a scope you can look for chatter of the solenoid contacts as well. It's too bad the contacts for starter motors aren't standardized, it should be easy to swap over contacts.
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That's a good point about having the ability to do drop testing across the solenoid itself. Many starters don't expose that third post, I think it's diagnostic gold. With a scope you can look for chatter of the solenoid contacts as well. It's too bad the contacts for starter motors aren't standardized, it should be easy to swap over contacts.
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jessupgraham
Eric, kinda disappointed on being safe. You should have removed the loader or put stop blocks on your boom cylinder. I have been a heavy equipment mechanic for 20+ years and seen several incidents that cause life, limb or a darn close call. We your viewer s and probably the wife want to see more videos. Stay safe my man!
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Eric, kinda disappointed on being safe. You should have removed the loader or put stop blocks on your boom cylinder. I have been a heavy equipment mechanic for 20+ years and seen several incidents that cause life, limb or a darn close call. We your viewer s and probably the wife want to see more videos. Stay safe my man!
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stephen
I enjoy seeing you doing that. Many people have utility tractor's. Might give insight what to look at. Would rather work on a tractor than newer vehicles. A lot of the newer stuff you can't get information to troubleshoot and repair. Any body that doesn't understand this project applies to many people more so than not.
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I enjoy seeing you doing that. Many people have utility tractor's. Might give insight what to look at. Would rather work on a tractor than newer vehicles. A lot of the newer stuff you can't get information to troubleshoot and repair. Any body that doesn't understand this project applies to many people more so than not.
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Don
I ve had to replace the starter on my 2007 Kubota L4740. I was dreading it, and while I wouldn t want to do it on a regular basis, it wasn t too bad. The crusties also took out the hold down rods on the battery. I cleaned everything up, washed it all up with baking soda, let it dry, replaced everything and back to work
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I ve had to replace the starter on my 2007 Kubota L4740. I was dreading it, and while I wouldn t want to do it on a regular basis, it wasn t too bad. The crusties also took out the hold down rods on the battery. I cleaned everything up, washed it all up with baking soda, let it dry, replaced everything and back to work
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Old
I am surprised that you didn't just replace the contactors on the solenoid. Probably more work than it's worth. I used to start my '68 Plymouth GTX 440 4 speed with a screwdriver across the terminals back in '70. Had a dead spot on one of them. The good ole days. Greeting from an Old Jarhead in WNC. Keep on posting.
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I am surprised that you didn't just replace the contactors on the solenoid. Probably more work than it's worth. I used to start my '68 Plymouth GTX 440 4 speed with a screwdriver across the terminals back in '70. Had a dead spot on one of them. The good ole days. Greeting from an Old Jarhead in WNC. Keep on posting.
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Captain
Hopefully the powers that be don't see your backwoods corn-growing deer-attracting operation and put the kibosh on it. Can't have average citizens growing their own stuff, especially in the PRNY!
Thanks for the break from your day job and taking us along. Oh, and the dog update too! Happy Monday!
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Hopefully the powers that be don't see your backwoods corn-growing deer-attracting operation and put the kibosh on it. Can't have average citizens growing their own stuff, especially in the PRNY!
Thanks for the break from your day job and taking us along. Oh, and the dog update too! Happy Monday!
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Eddie
I just watched a Taryl Fixes It video the other day. He had a tractor with a solenoid on the starter. He added another soneloid and put the S post wire from original soliod on the output of the new solenoid. I would have just put output of new solenoid to the output of the original solenoid.
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I just watched a Taryl Fixes It video the other day. He had a tractor with a solenoid on the starter. He added another soneloid and put the S post wire from original soliod on the output of the new solenoid. I would have just put output of new solenoid to the output of the original solenoid.
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kaafromoz
Thanks Eric was a pleasure to see you out in the sunshine away from the noise and hassles working on your tractor. Dogs are looking so big now, but when you drove to your corn field I was hoping too see some baseball players emerge.
Keep Safe Keep Strong My Friend
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Thanks Eric was a pleasure to see you out in the sunshine away from the noise and hassles working on your tractor. Dogs are looking so big now, but when you drove to your corn field I was hoping too see some baseball players emerge.
Keep Safe Keep Strong My Friend
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