SwingOak
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- Jan 31, 2011
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- Tractor
- '65 IH Cub Lo-Boy, '13 Kioti DK50SE HST, '20 Kioti RX7320
I have a DK50se HST that has had intermittent starting issues for a few years now. I had replaced the ignition switch and the problem went away for a while, then I picked up spare relays for the ignition and stop circuits from the dealer and then never installed them because the problem went away again.
It had started misbehaving again last week while I was traveling for work, so the only way to get the tractor to start was to directly jumper to the starter solenoid directly from the battery with the ignition key switch on. I was able to coach my girlfriend how to "hotwire" the tractor over the phone.
Today while working on fixing the problem, I disconnected the ignition switch and attempted to hotwire it from the plug, and it wouldn't start. It had to be the relay(s) finally quit for good. I found where I had put the spare relays, and after swapping out one at a time with the replacement I found the stop relay was the culprit. I swapped out the relay, put everything back together, and problem solved.
But now there's another problem - after changing the stop relay, the fuse for the headlights blew. This 20amp fuse is not only the headlights fuse, but also the instrument cluster lights and gauges. I replaced the fuse, started it up, and 5 seconds after turning the headlights on, it blew again.
Any thoughts on what could be causing this? It was working fine until I replaced the stop relay fuse - does this relay have anything to do with the lighting and gauge cluster circuit?
It had started misbehaving again last week while I was traveling for work, so the only way to get the tractor to start was to directly jumper to the starter solenoid directly from the battery with the ignition key switch on. I was able to coach my girlfriend how to "hotwire" the tractor over the phone.
Today while working on fixing the problem, I disconnected the ignition switch and attempted to hotwire it from the plug, and it wouldn't start. It had to be the relay(s) finally quit for good. I found where I had put the spare relays, and after swapping out one at a time with the replacement I found the stop relay was the culprit. I swapped out the relay, put everything back together, and problem solved.
But now there's another problem - after changing the stop relay, the fuse for the headlights blew. This 20amp fuse is not only the headlights fuse, but also the instrument cluster lights and gauges. I replaced the fuse, started it up, and 5 seconds after turning the headlights on, it blew again.
Any thoughts on what could be causing this? It was working fine until I replaced the stop relay fuse - does this relay have anything to do with the lighting and gauge cluster circuit?