Frustrated with myself and tractor.

[karmakat]

I have no experience with my own tractor. I bought it shortly after buying farm. Had help at time,tractor did a great job. Help did not...lol. Now i am a fulltime student with hopes of being mostly self sufficient,but can not get it started.

 

[yelbike]

:welcome:

 

[MIKE R]

Welcome to the forum. Is the battery dead, fuel turned on, saftey switchs functioning right.

 

[DutchHenryBrown]

:welcome:Hi from Arizona. Not sure about your brand but mine you have to step on the brake pedal before it will start? Maybe something as simple as that check your owners manual? Good luck.:thumbsup:

 

[TripleR]

Yep, do a check list of things like what does it do, not do; does it spin the engine, just click, not even click, lights come on, checked the battery, fuel shutoff etc. With a little information maybe someone can help you; won't start covers a LOT of possibilities.

Good luck

 

[Bob77064]

Welcome neighbor.

 

[ptexer]

Welcome You will get it started. Just provide more information and you will get help.

 

[daugen]

nothing to add. But I can recap...
type of tractor?
dash lights come on?
does starter turn the motor?
Any ignition at all?
Choke on?
clutch pedal down and foot on brake?
If diesel, glow plug light come on?
Fuel in fuel bowl?
When in doubt, recharge your battery so it gets a good spin to start.
etc, etc.

There's a dance you do in starting and everyone here does it, you just have to figure out what makes your girl tick.

 

[wcampbell47]

Checking tractordata.com for a 750 JD comes up with a tractor built in the 80's with gear shift. Suggestions -

Make sure the tractor has fuel and a hot battery.

Sitting in the operators seat depress the clutch, shift the main gear lever to neutral. Continue depressing the clutch and turn the key on. Not sure if the key starts the tractor or you have to press a starter button. Advance throttle to about half. Diesels have glow plugs to aid in starting. Turn the key just enough to engage power to the glow plugs. On that old of a tractor I would count to about 10 if you have a hot battery. Then turn the key to the start position.

If everything is in working order it should start. May run rough until it warms up a bit. I would let it idle a few minutes before using.

John Deere 750 Starting Instructions | eHow.com

 

[creekbend]

Welcome aboard. Best wishes.

 

[mguitas]

:welcome:

 

[npalen]

I had a hard time starting a JD650 one time and was told that the gear shift lever had to be wiggled in the neutral position when starting it. Must have been an issue with the safety switch requiring the transmission to be in neutral for it to start.

 

[deerseeker001]

welcome to the forum,give us more details and maybe we can help.

 

[murphy1244]

:welcome:

 

[Little Red Tractor]

One time I was using a small JD--don't recall the model--on which the range selector had to be in neutral.

 

[Pine Strip]

I have no experience with my own tractor. I bought it shortly after buying farm. Had help at time,tractor did a great job. Help did not...lol. Now i am a fulltime student with hopes of being mostly self sufficient,but can not get it started.

We crawl before we walk, We walk before we run. Everything has a learning curve....Don't get frustrated....one piece at time, for your lofty goal of self sufficiency .

Chill !

 

[super55]

Agree with the others here most likely a safety switch somewhere. Possibly the transfer case "N" safety switch or maybe the PTO engagement switch or maybe the seat safety switch on them. Come to think of it there sure are a lot of safety switches to go wrong.

 

[karmakat]

Hello,thanks to all those who replied. I have a 4wd 750 john deere,deisel. It had run for a bit this year but was parked because it hadnt been serviced. Ex never got to it. I have changed oil, new air filter... changed fuel filter...thats when problem occurred. ok bled lines, had air. plugged in for glow plugs, both shifters in neutral. maybe i need to bleed lines again. have run battery down,but even jumping it seems to be a fuel problem. learning as i go. not a deisel girl. give me a welder..i am good- deisel engine...clueless. bought it used with no manual.

 

[vtsnowedin]

Now we are getting somewhere. You changed the fuel filter and then the problem? 'If it ain't broke don't fix it." Sorry couldn't resist. You ran the battery down, does that mean it was turning over but not fireing up? If so next thing is to get a full charge into that battery before it freezes and is junk. When you get your battery charged and double check your fuel filter that it is on tight and full of fuel see if there is a hand pump somewhere in the fuel line for priming up the system after a filter change. If your very VERY careful you can give it a whiff of starting fluid (ether) by spraying it into the air breather while someone has the engine turning over on the starter. That might fire it up long enough to pump the rest of the air out of the injector lines and get you going.

 

[ptexer]

when you change the fuel filter fill the new one with fuel before installing. This will cut down on air in system. Sometimes fuel hammer can be heard with air in system. It sound almost like the engine has damage.