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I do not have that model I have a 2006 ft504a .It has been good tractor about 500 hrs ,but as said maint. is important to expected life.
if it is not a maintence free batt. use a hygrometer to measure the acid levels in the cells then use a load tester to stress the batt. you could look at amps the battery takes when it is charged and a fast top off to a full charge means that the batt. is maybe sulfated,and junk
I do not know of likely but if you have a volt meter with a dc amp setting (not milliamp) pull off the + cable put the red meter lead on the batt.take the blk lead and place it on the + cable .with everything off there should be no amps flowing thru the meter,if there is try pulling each fuse to see if it drops off.(most fuses are controlled thru the key switch) but some might be hot all the time.It will be a process of elimination.
some switches turn to left from the off postion to heat just so you know this is possible with some tractors.can you come up with the engine name and model from the block tag so we can have more info. to further guess if your tractor even has glow plugs.
make sure that the key switch is energizing the wire to the glow plugs when it is put in the heating position then look at the resistance of each glow plug,you can do this while there in the engine remove the copper (mostly)strap. one ohm meter lead to the block the other to the place the strap was it should read I think around 3 ohms or less.I was thinking if you wanted to if you have a 30+ amp meter you could look at amp draw to see if they were pulling alike.
I agree have at least the shaft straightned at a machine shop or replaced and the driveshaft tube reworked or replaced it will make the reinstallation easier if it slides together easy.
