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Thank you for the suggestions. About to leave for five weeks touring Scotland in the motor home but will try out the suggestions, hopefully before I leave if not when I get back. Steve

It has been an embarrassingly long time since I have let you know how things went. I won’t go into why but I eventually managed to get hold of a meter and someone to help and I checked the battery as you suggested. Whilst cranking over it showed a reading of 5v. I therefore bought a replacement batt...

I ordered a solenoid and fitted it and seems to have worked in that when everything is connected and I try to start the tractor the whine has gone and the engine turns over. However it turns very slowly and won't start. I have charged the battery and the charger shows it has charged, but the engine ...

I have taken the light cable off of the solenoid as you suggested and when I reconnect the battery the starter resumes running. I have therefore ordered a new solenoid and will fit this when it arrives which will hopefully cure the problem.

Thanks very much for the quick and helpful reply. I will follow up on this and let you know how it goes.

I have a 1962 diesel Super Major. When I tried to start it recently there was a high-pitched whining noise from the starter motor and it started smoking. It started but the whining continued while it was running and there was s smell of overheating wires. I decided to buy a new starter motor which I...