2810hst starting issues lost in MA

Shapachan · May 21, 2009

I spent a couple of hours reading the forums here regarding this and talked to my dealer. A couple of years ago similar issue and the factory rep sent me the new harness and relay kit.
The problem started erraticly where when attempting to start it would lock out on safety. Let it set a few minutes and it would work fine. Now it will only start by jumping the starter motor and disconnecting the lockout solenoid. It then starts fine. When i put the key on all the lights and so on work ok. the charging system is keeping the battery charged and I checked with a volt meter and with the motor running output was over 14 volts.
Glow plugs work fine off the ignition switch. I jump out the brake switch and the seat switch with no success. My dealer faxed me a wiring diagram, but that just shows connections. I need a wiring schematic since i assume somehow the brake safety circuit wires are bad? or loose connection?

I sure would appreciate some advice, thoughts or a source for TNT to blow the thing up. The worst is my neighbor who curses the red beast and beats me up for not spending another $10,000.00 to get a "real tractor you know the ones they paint green" He calls me daily and says "broke down again"
Thanks
Len

Sergei · May 21, 2009

I may be wrong on this but I think someone has post that they had problems with the PTO selector switch giving problems on starting. Go to the Search option and type in starting problems and select Mahindra which will show you all the previous threads on this type problem.

Shapachan · May 21, 2009

thanks
did the search thing the other day and repeated it just now.
Did not see anything regarding the pto switch and I have not tested it.
I am going to take a look and see if i can find it right now

a more precise list of what i did do

1 new battery last week the old one was original 6 years old
1a replaced hot battery terminal (was cracked)
1b cleaned ground terminal with steel brush
2 jumped brake switch and ohmed it out no luck
3 jumped seat switch and left brake switch jumped out no luck
4 jumped up and down stamped feet no luck
5 checked every wiring connection i could find
6 verified glow plug operation

did not see a pto switch but there is a switch on the control that raises and lowers the the 3 pt hitch. Also probably unrelated after reading a post on the 3pt failing to raise and lower I tried mine and it does not move. I only use the back hoe and bucket so I have never used that feature.
Nor does there seem to be a neutral safety switch I have always been able to start it without putting it in neutral.

wallace · May 21, 2009

I'm thinking it is going to be the computer brain which is located in the dash.
You have to take the dash loose and it is bolted to the back side of the dash or firewall can't remember exactly. Back in the day I had replaced a few of them.