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Buzzer Souds Whenever He Turns Off His Allis-Chalmers
Ken Dawson, Wheatley, Ontario: "I rigged up a buzzer that sounds whenever I turn off my Allis-Chalmers 185 diesel tractor but forget to remove the key. It has saved me from having a dead battery more than once. On older tractors like mine, you have to turn the key, then pull out a rod that controls the injector pump and push a button to start the tractor. However, if I push the rod back to turn off the injection pump and forget to turn off the key, I'll end up with a dead battery. The buzzer I used is off an old school bus and is designed to be hooked up to the oil light - when I shut off the engine, the oil light goes off, breaking the ground which causes the buzzer to go off "


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1998 - Volume #22, Issue #4