It's a done deal!!!!!!

[whfan74 2,068]

Boovuc......

I think that is part of the problem is that they sat discharged for quite a while. Three of the batteries have been charged all night. They are up to just over 9 volts each so I know they are at least taking a charge. Which is good news so far. I wish I had three more chargers, but oh well what can you do.

More news to come soon!

[whfan74 2,068]

Here is a shot of the charging process that was going on over night. Going to check these batteries and start working my way backwards to find the problem. I still have the feeling that the problem could possibly be in the charger........right now it is a crap shoot.

Took the hood off and borrowed a couple of chargers. Had three going all night.

Will move them to the other three batteries later this afternoon and find out what we have in the morning.

[whfan74 2,068]

Well just finished returning the neighborhood battery chargers. Unfortunately it wasn't with excitement. The battery cases had some cracks and I am sure the insides are very undesirable.

Some of the batteries took little to no charge and others made it up to 9 volts, but still wasn't good enough.

Now the next order of business is to wrestle those beasts out from under the tractor. All was not lost, Stephen (Rollerman) stopped by with a friend to take a look at the beauty. It was great to finally put a face with a name and really enjoyed our time hanging out for a bit. I hope the wife didn't sell your tractors before you got home!

The nice thing that Wheel Horse did with the 3 batteries out front is put them on a rolling tray. If you can see from the previous picture the battery chargers are sitting on a steel plate that runs parallel with the frame rails. They designed rollers on either side of the frame rails and just by undoing two bolts you can slide the entire tray of three batteries to the side for better accessibility. Let me tell ya those batteries are heavy little buggers.

I have been working on price comparing on batteries. Paying for one isn't too shabby, but when you are talking about getting 6 new ones it ends up being more than I paid for the entire tractor! I did know this going in to the project but it is still disappointing that the batteries have been ruined due to neglect.

After doing some more reading I found out that brain box will not allow the batteries to be charged from the tractor charger unless the batteries can give out 30 volts. So that is the reason nothing happened with an overnight charge initially.

Will keep you guys updated on my next findings. :thumbs2:

[d180man 5]

Hi it is stilll a nice tractor ! :thumbs:

[hodge 6]

I just bought a 79 C-101 today, and got a beautiful 79 WH brochure, along with all the manuals. It is very cool looking through that. They made two electric models as early as 79- the E81 and the E141.

[Raider 2]

The old batteries are worth some money as core trades or at the scrap yard. I've been messing around with the kid's power wheels and different voltages with much smaller batteries of course. It's fun to play with, I'd love to come across an electric tractor.

[Confused99 2]

The old batteries are worth some money as core trades or at the scrap yard. I've been messing around with the kid's power wheels and different voltages with much smaller batteries of course. It's fun to play with, I'd love to come across an electric tractor.

Yep, we just took 45,000 lbs of batteries in for scrap. Got 16 cents a pound. Taking your old ones in should help a little in off setting the cost of new ones. Another alternative is to contact a UPS dealer in your area to see if they have any good used batteries.

Jason