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It seems to me when first putting the tractor together we checked and fuel was going to the pre-heater. I'll have to see how it is plumbed and crack that line again.
I never checked the current draw, just knew that factory 16ga wire didn't look up to the task. It has never tripped the circuit breaker, if the total load is 45 amps perhaps it's because of the short amount of time it is on.
OK, I could not find a place to write in the last post. In the first picture, the Blue wire goes from the starter hot to a 40 amp circuit breaker. The black wire goes from the breaker to the solenoid. The Yellow wire is the original that went to the pre-heater, it now energizes the solenoid. Not shown is a black 12ga. wire going from the energized side of the solenoid to the buss bar, then another wire from there to the pre-heater. Now both work to start the tractor, and do so quite well.
I made a circuit going through a 40 amp circuit breaker, then an old Honda starter solenoid,(Fords are more common but that's what was in the junk drawer), and running a 12 ga wire to the buss bar, then to the preheater. I'll see if I can find the pics at work.
I remember one guy made one out of a warped piece of cardboard. I don't see why it would not work. I'd put together a spring loaded flip up device if you will be plowing in an unfamiliar area.
That thing in your intake is a preheater. I don't see any glo plugs on your head. My tractor came with a pre heater wired and glo plugs that were not wired, just filling up they're holes. I wired up the buss bar for them, figuring “as long as they're there”.
