4110: Stop washing it???

[Dougster]

Leave it running when you wash it and when you get to the short you will know it.

Nope. Once it is running, it stays running.

Dougster

 

[xlr82v2]

Dougster,

If it's just dust you're washing off, you could also use compressed air to clean the tractor off with... but that doesn't work so well with mud

 

[Dougster]

Dougster, If it's just dust you're washing off, you could also use compressed air to clean the tractor off with... but that doesn't work so well with mud

It is mostly dust (especially lately with almost no rain around), but a leaf blower alone won't do the trick and shop-type compressed air is simply not available on most of my jobsites. Water, however, is almost always somewhere nearby.

But this kinda misses the point. I really do need to find out what is causing mere water to stop the Red Beast from starting. This is no big deal for one and two day jobs where washdown is done after the fact back at home... but it is a real embarrassment when washdown is required at a client's location... and then I need to spend 30 minutes or more drying everything bone dry before it will start again.

Dougster

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

Doug,
When your tractor doesn't start, does the engine not turn over or does it turn over and not start.

 

[Dougster]

Doug, When your tractor doesn't start, does the engine not turn over or does it turn over and not start.

When the tractor is soaking wet after a good wash... and I insert and turn the key... I get absolutely nothing. No clicks, no turnover... no nothing.

30 +/- minutes later after I have dried everything out, it starts up just like brand new... and continues to do so until the next wash.

Dougster

 

[shvl73]

With no noise at all, I'd be inclined to look closely at the safety switches. My hydro has one on the brake. Does yours have one on the clutch, PTO, or seat?

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

Doug,
First check and clean your battery cables on both ends and see what that does. I would clean all of the connections on the starter solonoid. Try that and let us know what happens.

 

[Tim_in_IA]

When the tractor is soaking wet after a good wash... and I insert and turn the key... I get absolutely nothing. No clicks, no turnover... no nothing.

30 +/- minutes later after I have dried everything out, it starts up just like brand new... and continues to do so until the next wash.

Dougster

Dougster I am cleaning up my old crawler and 300 as well and I pressure washed them. Guess what? Neither of them run now. So far I have pulled the dist on the crawler and it needed many parts replaced from age and water. Don't know on the 300 yet. They both turn over though, just no 6 volt positive sparky

 

[xlr82v2]

It is mostly dust (especially lately with almost no rain around), but a leaf blower alone won't do the trick and shop-type compressed air is simply not available on most of my jobsites. Water, however, is almost always somewhere nearby.

Dougster

I see... I was thinking that you were doing all your washing at home...

I can see that it would be kind of embarrasing when/if your tool doesn't come to life and perform as expected

 

[Dougster]

With no noise at all, I'd be inclined to look closely at the safety switches. My hydro has one on the brake. Does yours have one on the clutch, PTO, or seat?

Clutch and PTO for sure... Seat? I'm not so sure. But like you, my first suspicion is those permissive switches... and, in particular, the PTO push-button switch.

Dougster