Re: (ET) Maiden voyage

[steves <ssawtelle erols com>]

Excellent!

On the lift (as in most things electrical) 90% of the time it's 
contacts. In particular, the fuse holder gets corroded around the rivets 
and you get a poor connection. The lift motors also do go bad. See the 
archives for beaucoup info on that!

- SteveS


Arnold Sabatelli wrote:

> After weighing everyone's helpful advice, I hit the local auto parts store
> and came back armed with 4 new cables and 4 crimp on end connectors.
> Everything went smoothly, I charged her up, and actually mowed about 1/2
> acre this afternoon.  Wow! What a cool machine.  The only thing not 
> working,
> so far as I can tell, is the "lift" mechanism.  When I hit the switch, I
> hear nothing at all--so I'll start looking through the folders of
> manuals/diagrams that came with the machines and start tinkering.  Thanks
> again for all the advice,
>
>
> --
> Arnie Sabatelli 
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