Hello all, apologies for yet another simple question.
I have 1959 B275 tractor. Nice and simple like myself.
Two days ago I went to start and the battery must have been a little low as it didn't quite fire up before no having enough juice to get going. Turned over fine but always requires a few cranks. So I put battery on charge over night.
Next day battery looks good at 12.7v resting. Hook her up and starter barely turns over (for reference there is no solenoid to engage starter it a manual leaver so this is ONLY the starter turning itself over so no load).
I check earth point and remove all wiring on positive side to clean contacts. Same result.
Before I go and spend £100 odd quid on a new battery is there anything else this could be? Bearing in mind it turned over fine. Two days ago so that doesn't seem like seized? The thing that throws me is that it seems to charge up to 12.7v fine but I don't know anything much about batteries and how they fail the physics of them.
Ta in advance.
I have 1959 B275 tractor. Nice and simple like myself.
Two days ago I went to start and the battery must have been a little low as it didn't quite fire up before no having enough juice to get going. Turned over fine but always requires a few cranks. So I put battery on charge over night.
Next day battery looks good at 12.7v resting. Hook her up and starter barely turns over (for reference there is no solenoid to engage starter it a manual leaver so this is ONLY the starter turning itself over so no load).
I check earth point and remove all wiring on positive side to clean contacts. Same result.
Before I go and spend £100 odd quid on a new battery is there anything else this could be? Bearing in mind it turned over fine. Two days ago so that doesn't seem like seized? The thing that throws me is that it seems to charge up to 12.7v fine but I don't know anything much about batteries and how they fail the physics of them.
Ta in advance.