BruceWard
Platinum Member
Fortunately it was a cheap fix.
I tried to move an over turned stump in a muddy area and buried the right rear side. I was able to drag it out with the backhoe but the wheels were useless. Afterwards I drove about 50 feet up the driveway I am clearing to a point where I could turn around then backed 50 feet up to another stump I wanted to dig out I started lowering the stabilizers and the engine died. I started the engine again and it died right away.
I opened the hood up and did not see any problems. I tried to start it a few more times and discovered that it seemed to run as long as the key was turned to the start position but it stopped as soon as I released the key. I called a friend who is a diesel mechanic and an uncle. I had a friend helping to clear the driveway. The two of us started searching for problems and my uncle joined us as well.
Eventually we discovered that the "key stop" 5 amp fuse was blown. I replaced it and the new fuse blew immediately. We started searching for the safety switches. We found the clutch and PTO switches at first and then after a lot of searching found the switch for the hydrostatic pedal under the drivers seat on the right side. We unplugged the wiring clip for the hydrostatic pedal switch and found it to be full of mudd.
After cleaning the connectors inside the wiring clip for the hydrostatic pedal switch I replaced the key stop fuse again and it did not blow. We started the tractor and it ran fine.
I also cleaned the air filter and fuel filter early in the debugging process so it must run a little better than before.
I tried to move an over turned stump in a muddy area and buried the right rear side. I was able to drag it out with the backhoe but the wheels were useless. Afterwards I drove about 50 feet up the driveway I am clearing to a point where I could turn around then backed 50 feet up to another stump I wanted to dig out I started lowering the stabilizers and the engine died. I started the engine again and it died right away.
I opened the hood up and did not see any problems. I tried to start it a few more times and discovered that it seemed to run as long as the key was turned to the start position but it stopped as soon as I released the key. I called a friend who is a diesel mechanic and an uncle. I had a friend helping to clear the driveway. The two of us started searching for problems and my uncle joined us as well.
Eventually we discovered that the "key stop" 5 amp fuse was blown. I replaced it and the new fuse blew immediately. We started searching for the safety switches. We found the clutch and PTO switches at first and then after a lot of searching found the switch for the hydrostatic pedal under the drivers seat on the right side. We unplugged the wiring clip for the hydrostatic pedal switch and found it to be full of mudd.
After cleaning the connectors inside the wiring clip for the hydrostatic pedal switch I replaced the key stop fuse again and it did not blow. We started the tractor and it ran fine.
I also cleaned the air filter and fuel filter early in the debugging process so it must run a little better than before.
