2860e treadle peddle problem

[Skeletor]

It appears is if there’s a safety switch that’s out of adjustment or is intermittently working. My tractor starts when it wants to. It won’t turn over. If I play with the peddle it will turn over if I mess with it for 15 minutes. I crawled under it and I can’t see anything that looks like a switch at all. Only thing I found was a grease fitting hiding under the floor mat. So I greased it really good and worked the pedal a bunch. Didn’t make any difference.

The tractor has 16-17 hours on it. It lives in a shipping container so it never sees any weather. Any ideas on what to do here? I called the dealer and they said it’s normal for new hydros to do that. I’m gonna go with a big no on that one. I can’t figure out how to start it no matter what I do. It seems totally random.

 

[Wagtail]

Hmmmm... I do know that with my 4105 (hydrostatic) H-N-L; if the selector is not exactly in the N (neutral) position, it will not start. It can be an embuggerance as it 'looks' like it's in N, but isn't.

Also, I feel your pain on discovering the hidden grease nipple. My treadle has two of them underneath = not shown in the manual. Fortunately my dealership pointed that out to me.

 

[Skeletor]

Thanks for the reply I just don’t know what to do. I’m on vacation the is coming week and wanted to use the tractor quite a lot.

 

[jyoutz]

Thanks for the reply I just don’t know what to do. I’m on vacation the is coming week and wanted to use the tractor quite a lot.

That is not normal for a new hydro.

 

[Skeletor]

Figured it out. It was the switch on the speed selector shift lever for the hydro. If intakes on the wires there is an audiable click. I jumped it out and she works fine again.

 

[hube2]

Figured it out. It was the switch on the speed selector shift lever for the hydro. If intakes on the wires there is an audiable click. I jumped it out and she works fine again.

I had a similar issue. I was able to adjust the position of the switch to correct.