2305 won't start

   / 2305 won't start #1  

VABlue

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Thornburg, VA
Tractor
JD2305
My 2305 has an interlock issue somewhere that won't allow the engine to turnover. It's in neutral, the seat safety switch is bypassed (but I did reconnect it, also, to no affect), and the parking brake is engaged. The engine doesn't even try to start...

This happened after I tried to lift the rear end to add some pressure to the tires (wanted to spin them around so the valve stems were on top). The jack was on the frame that surrounds the PTO, not on the transmission housing. I couldn't get the machine up level to get jack stands under it, it would tilt to one side and I couldn't get it level. After giving up on that, I was going to back it up until the stems were on top, but now it won't start. It did turnover, but conked out because the brake wasn't engaged. I engaged it, but now it doesn't even try...

Any ideas, suggestions, or answers?
 
   / 2305 won't start
  • Thread Starter
#2  
Nevermind... Turns out to be a dead battery. I hooked up the charger in boost mode and got the starter solenoid to engage. Glad it's not an interlock somewhere, but I didn't really expect the battery to die at only 3 years of age... Ahh well...
 
   / 2305 won't start #3  
Do a search...the OEM JD battery's are junk! 99% of the "won't start" threads turn out to be bad battery's.
 
   / 2305 won't start
  • Thread Starter
#4  
Well, they wanted $117 for a green battery, so I put an Exide into it. Started right up!
 
   / 2305 won't start #5  
Glad you figured it out quickly. Amazing to see how many people spend untold hours troubleshooting a no-start, not believing it could possibly be their fairly new battery. Like Kenny said, it usually is the battery, and they usually go very suddenly.
 

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