CK 3510 won稚 crank after running fine

[Bumpass Dave]

Hey y’all

My CK 3510 was running fine when I looked down and saw tach at 4,000 which it was only at about 2,000 so I shut it down to see if needle reset back to zero.
It did not, so I disconnected the battery for a few minutes and that reset the needle.
Now it will not crank or even click when I turn the key (like when a battery is dying)
All instruments light up and heater coil cycles when I turn key, but after that, nothing.
I checked fuses and even replaced the starter relay in the fuse panel.
Any ideas or any place to start?

 

[justman777]

Hello Dave!

Can you give us a bit of history of your machine? New/Used? Gear/HST?

If it won't start and no power is getting to the starter relay, it's likely a safety switch somewhere. Could also be a bad ground, or a circuit going to ground when it shouldn't. The instrument panel acting funny lends credence to the idea of bad/incorrect ground somewhere, but it could simply mean a bad instrument panel. Recommend you start from the starter and work your way back to the battery. The power is going or stopping somewhere. Let the hunt begin!

 

[YLee Kioti]

I had similar issue.
Discovered the ground clamp is the soft lead type, had no more righty tighty left.
Replaced with a marine grade clamp from O'Reilly snugged it up and all is well.
Hope yours is that simple.

 

[Beeenvenue]

I had something similar - hit something with bushog and shut it down quickly. Wouldn’t crank. Was the electric pto I had left engaged.

 

[Bumpass Dave]

Hello Dave!

Can you give us a bit of history of your machine? New/Used? Gear/HST?

If it won't start and no power is getting to the starter relay, it's likely a safety switch somewhere. Could also be a bad ground, or a circuit going to ground when it shouldn't. The instrument panel acting funny lends credence to the idea of bad/incorrect ground somewhere, but it could simply mean a bad instrument panel. Recommend you start from the starter and work your way back to the battery. The power is going or stopping somewhere. Let the hunt begin!

Ok, 2017 model, bought it one year old with under 100 hours.

It is gear (not a fan of hydro b/c I like to control power) and this is the first thing that ever went wrong in over two years of almost daily use.

After initially posting I went out and let my hillbilly nature take over, screwdriver in hand I arc’d the starter and it fired right up.

To answer another post, tach and instrument panel was acting normal (for the 15 min I ran it).

I will take everyone’s suggestions and work from the key to the starting solenoid.

Since I already replaced the starter relay, i think a ground or short may be the most likely.

Thank you all, and keep safe!

 

[Golden Rocket]

Sure sounds like aground fault - on tour in Bz and there was an issue with one of the fleet vehicles (lost two to fire) - me and another Sgt each took a vehicle that was grounded for an electrical fault, decided that the entire wiring harness was being exposed and/or dropped from the vehicle - took us both 5 days total to find but, it too was a ground fault - ground faults are so notorious - anyway, there was a ground connection that had over 6 wires coming to the terminal - corrosion was the culprit here, all but maybe 6 strands broken off - after this, we did an entire fleet check to ensure all potential faults got fixed - every one of them had the same fault to varying degrees.

I only share that to say one thing - an electrical fault is not always easy to find - however, most come back to the very basics - needs a ground fixed

 

[JDAOWNER]

QUOTE=Golden Rocket;5748943]Sure sounds like aground fault - on tour in Bz and there was an issue with one of the fleet vehicles (lost two to fire)


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