4344 starting problem

Sackett2 · Jul 27, 2008

Montana, in my region of Oregon, doesn't have a dealership per say, but a sellership. Being a auto tech, the seller from Portland, expressed interest in me to do service work on the rigs in this area. I asked him about warranty work, he told me Montana would pay $75 an hour to local tractor Mechanics to do the work. I mentioned doing my own repairs (as opposed to trucking the tractor 150 miles) and he had no problem with this, in fact good possibility of Montana paying me when there is a warranty issue. I told him for my tractor, and small issues I just wanted a assurance that I wouldn't have to pay for a failed part.
Anyway, I'll deal with the seller with the seat issue and the pto question.
Now to fing a grade 3 bolt

gemini5362 · Jul 28, 2008

There are several dealers on this site I was hoping one of them would jump in here. I think you might be wrong about the PTO positions if I am wrong hopefully one of them will correct me. I believe the positions are Off, Nothing happening with the PTO. The PTO switch has to be in this position before the tractor will start. Independent. Turn the switch to this position and the PTO comes on. ON the PTO is on but stops when you push in the clutch. I dont know how that works on a hydrostatic machine. Maybe maka or one of those guys can tell you.

Sackett2 · Jul 31, 2008

ok, got the manual for the tractor.
By the manuals picture, written in Korean(?) it shows the off position as center position. The Tractor sold to us in the USA this is the intermediate position. So what I see is a error in the labels on the dash of the tractors. Skipro and Mota say both there tractors also will only start in the intermittent position.
That solves the why of the no-start and answers the question of the switch.
Steve