Rio_Grande
Active Member
I have a Ctl 70 that has been a great trouble free machine. I brought it home last month from the farm and Parker it in the barn lot where it sat until this week. I went to start it and when I clicked the key I found no console lights no indication of power anywhere. I charged it overnight thinking it was a low battery. I also cleaned all the battery connections even the 3 wires bolted down to the power cable still nothing. I connected jump cables to it and with the engine running on the truck I could faintly see the top 2 console lights were on. No power to start. So I thought battery may be bad pulled it and a test at the local parts place showed it was good but the counter guy said it barely tested good and was very low on charge. I took it home and charged it out of the machine. In about 28 hours it never showed full charge however did get down to 2 charging amps on a automatic charger. I put it back in and back to the original problem. I verified 12 volts from the cable terminals to the body/frame showed 11.9v still nothing when switch is clicked on but the fuel gauge is working now. It's possible it worked before. It is slow and I don't think I had the key on long before. This time I left the key on and jiggled the cables and wires to no success. I am tempted to put a new battery in it but at 120.00 I would like to be sure that's what it needs. Any ideas?