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rickytractors · 20-03-11, 11:22 PM

Hi
i get this sort of problem at work every day that i have my own drop tester and 9 out of 10 time it's the battery and at £120 a pop you have to get it right. if i was you take the battery to a tyre company/garage and get them to do a drop test, this will tell you is the battery is duff. I would also start at the battery and go all the way to the starter motor and clean all the terminals. The machines i work on with engine running i get 14 volts, engine of and get 12 volts some times when doing a crank start test i will get 6/7 volts, on the drop test if you get below 9 volts then change battery dead cell this will charge ok but will be no good to start the engine.

20-03-11, 11:22 PM	#10
rickytractors Grown up member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: chatteris Posts: 141	Hi i get this sort of problem at work every day that i have my own drop tester and 9 out of 10 time it's the battery and at £120 a pop you have to get it right. if i was you take the battery to a tyre company/garage and get them to do a drop test, this will tell you is the battery is duff. I would also start at the battery and go all the way to the starter motor and clean all the terminals. The machines i work on with engine running i get 14 volts, engine of and get 12 volts some times when doing a crank start test i will get 6/7 volts, on the drop test if you get below 9 volts then change battery dead cell this will charge ok but will be no good to start the engine.