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rev.hodl | 1 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +19 
 This is how I start my tractor... Hot wire.
https://v.nostr.build/FiS3CLVzDu77pHEx.mp4
The dash shorted out and caught on fire last winter and the starter relay rusted out so I took the dash off and hot wire it to start it now. Who needs gauges and ignition switches anyway...
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calimike | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well done sir
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nobody | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 When I was a starving student in the early 90’s I had a Datsun 210 whose ignition switch had failed. So I replaced it with a home doorbell switch on the underside of the dash. Worked like a dream!
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RobA | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Reduction to the essentials is a path to contentment.
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rev.hodl | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Less shit to break.
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mleku | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 simple > complicated
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Brisket | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 How do you switch it off?
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rev.hodl | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I pull the engine choke.
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Uncle Bucket | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 What kind of tractor?
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rev.hodl | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Piece of shit. It's a foton. One of the biggest mistakes I've made. Buying an oddball tractor with no parts availability.
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Uncle Bucket | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Foton!? Huh. I am going to have to google it. I went with Yanmar. We had a local dealer in down for parts and it still had some of its 10 year powertrain warranty left when I bought it from auction.
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Uncle Bucket | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Chinese tractor (foton). I probably spent too much time researching tractors. I had to narrowed down to. Yanmar, kubota, or new holland. There was a YouTube video I found that compared all the brands and where they were made. Where they were made seems to correlate with quality.
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PalmTree | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well done, keep it simple.
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societus | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You could probably put a light switch or something on that with some Wago lever nuts. Save you the effort every time