Ok guys here goes nothing. I have a 106 IH Cub. I had an an issue with it grounding out because the wiring was brittle and the loom was old. So I gutted the old harness and went to replace it with some diagrams I found on the net. Being a journeyman electrician I thought this wouldnt be too hard but I was wrong. I ran all new wires with new connections one at a time careful not to cross anything and hooked everything up and one wire caught on fire. Turns out my starting soleniod was bad and was grounded out. I also replaced the starter switch and light switch. I hooked up the battery and the motor turns over in every key position and my Voltage regulator chatters like crazy. I removed the cover and found it had a strong blue arc going between my outermost two contacts just before the ground wire for that burnt up. Could the VR have gone bad with the solenoid went to ground and now it needs replaced? Also on the dc amp gauge are you supposed to be able to read continuity between the positive and negative terminal? The tractor ran great two years ago and I cant think why it wouldnt again once after the wiring is fixed... Also I did NOT reconnect the neutral safety switch. I simply wired passed it. Can anyone shed some light on what Im missing here? Can a guy cross reference the number and get the vr at an auto parts store? And can I bypass the amp gauge. Thanks in advance!
P.S. copy and paste the blob below to your brower bar and you can find the wiring diagram that I followed when rewiring my cub
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