5115M open station quit taking gear now unless I use clutch pedal every shift.

[Brown Dog]

This tractor & my other one both would take forward or reverse gear only using Power Reverser Lever & no clutch as long as I was sitting in seat.

Now the 2020 year model quit taking gear & flashes “N” whichever way your attempting to go.
I can go back to neutral on PR switch, depress clutch pedal, shift PR to F or R & then everything works as it should.

I’m thinking seat switch idk

Any ideas out there ?

 

[Brown Dog]

I bypassed the seat switch one time on a 5085E I previously owned & it did this same exact thing until I plugged seat switch back up.

 

[Zebrafive]

On my 2006 JD 6415, I have to press the clutch pedal at startup for the reverser to work. This is normal for my tractor.

 

[Brown Dog]

This is so annoying lol
This one has an air seat where my other two tractors do not or I’d swap seats to check seat switch

 

[workinonit]

I just got back on here and saw this. You probably have it fixed by now but it sounds like the seat switch to me MIke.

 

[Brown Dog]

A JD tech told me to sit in seat, engage PTO & IF it beeped ……. then engaged PTO : the seat switch was unplugged OR bad.

I did this & it beeped.

I’m going to take the seat off the air suspension frame & check the switch when I take time to do it

 

[Brown Dog]

I took front 3 torx screws out from under seat, removed cushion.
All wires ok.
The Magnetic Operator Presence Switch wasn’t completing the circuit.
Clipped black & red wires, wiring them together permanently.
Bingo it’s taking gear without using the clutch.

im the only one using it so no biggie w/o a seat switch.

my 2016 5085E (sold) wouldn’t take this mod for some reason.
it still wouldn’t take gear unless you used the clutch.

 

[Zebrafive]

Thanks for the update. My tractors are too old to have seat switches.

 

[Brown Dog]

Thanks for the update. My tractors are too old to have seat switches.

YW
I definitely like the simplicity of my older 2013 5101E & especially the cable operated rear 3pt hitch

 

[Brown Dog]

I took front 3 torx screws out from under seat, removed cushion.
All wires ok.
The Magnetic Operator Presence Switch wasn’t completing the circuit.
Clipped black & red wires, wiring them together permanently.
Bingo it’s taking gear without using the clutch.

im the only one using it so no biggie w/o a seat switch.

my 2016 5085E (sold) wouldn’t take this mod for some reason.
it still wouldn’t take gear unless you used the clutch.

Well this 5115M quit taking gear again UNLESS you use the clutch every single time you use the PowerReverser lever forward or reverse .

Bypassing the seat switch worked great for 7months.

SO ANNOYING: I’m Impatient when things don’t work properly.