Battery for 7016

[SimpleFarmer 0]

I have repowered my 7016 with a Briggs 18hp twin. Should I still use the 22NF battery? I have starter issues and need to replace the starter, relay, cables, and battery. Is anyone using a different battery successfully? Thanks for the help.

[BLT 718]

22NF battery is only one that you can hold in place with clamp, and am not sure about 51R. Is everything that corroded that you can't salvage anything?

[SimpleFarmer 0]

Thanks BLT. I think you are right about the battery hold down clamp. Last season I put a new starter on the engine but did not replace the battery. It does not hold a charge so I put the charger on it every time I started it to get enough volts to start it. I think I may have damaged the starter because I cannot get it to turn over anymore. The starter will engage sometimes but that is all, it will not turn over the engine.

[Mike_H 92]

Check ground. If its an "onboard" starter, they ground through the engine block, which grounds through a motor mount bolt. I've seen them loosen, and cause all kinds of havoc. I was helping a neighbor (this probably qualifies for a "senior moment) fix his JD. I pulled the starter apart, and cleaned it out. Worked on the bench, put it back on the tractor, nothing. Put a new solenoid on...Nothing. Finally, checked an un-noticed wire...it went to the motor mount, which was loose. Tightened it up, and Voila! Started like new again! I had to sheepishly return a bunch of new parts

[BLT 718]

Also on the relay clean both the terminals and fasteners for rust and oxidation, both are insulators of sorts preventing the flow current.