Thanks HP, I did take the tractor switch (from Napa auto parts) apart to look and the contacts and sure enough they looked liked a couple of massive copper manhole covers. Yup that was my electrical evaluation, it works beautifully and pushs easily.

Another problem that I ran into out of nowhere and unlikely with most battery packs but on my mondos (5000Nimh) something caught me by surprise.


Those seven cell packs are C size and not sub C but that was not the problem. At first using it on 46 or 61's and some Nelsons etc it spun like the devil and worked great but then I tried it on the 110's first try worked like a champ but afterwords the starter was dead and finished for the day or so I thought []

At home I am going over everything and there was not an open circuit anywhere and worse it now worked seemingly just fine. I opened up switchs nada, brushs nada. checked and rechecked all the wiring and plugs.

Happened agine the next day, the starter worked then was dead for an hour or so[:@]

Then I got to thinking about the packs. these packs were sold as portable packs for DVD players. Seven cells in series with the wire coming from one end. and I had used the original wires, just replacing the plugs.

Hmm decided to cut the shrink wrap open and have a peak. Oh man sure enough right there on the long lead taking the circuiit up to the opposite end was tiny little current limiting devise which would reset itself after a while! Dang who da thunk

Thats why my mondo has packs are wrapped in blue masking tape instead of purdy shrink wrap

John