HELP ! Dead B7500

bcarwell · Mar 28, 2011

THANKS to all ! It's FIXED and I'm a happy camper. It was a blown fuse for the instrument panel ! I had NO idea such a fuse would keep it from cranking. And the Kubota dealer BTW said that indeed the B7500 does NOT have a safety switch for the seat. So after reseating the safety switches for the PTO and clutch I was out of ideas (unless it was the ignition switch). Anyway, I'm back in business, now if we'd just get some rain (north of Austin TX).

Regards,

Bob

k0ua · Mar 28, 2011

Bob, I am glad you got it going..best regards

James K0UA

Ron G · Sep 18, 2017

bcarwell said:
Thanks all for responding. I've located the clutch and PTO safety momentary switches but for the life of me I cannot seem to see a seat switch on the left (I assume as you are sitting on the seat). Any more specific directions where to look ? And I assume these are normally open, so you short across the socket you unplugged the switch from with a wire for all these safety switches to diagnose, correct ? I discovered I was very low on transmission fluid and wondered if there was also a low fluid safety switch, but filled it up and no dice. And with a recharged battery, still no crank. Anything else to try ? Is it likely the ignition switch is funky ? To check, how do you take the plastic dash panel cowling off ? I saw one retention screw at the top, but it looks like you gotta pull the steering wheel to get it off (and maybe the throttle lever and some more stuff)...

Before going after cowling, try just removing the gauge panel. You can lift the entire panel out without pulling the wheel or anything else. There is a screwdriver slot center-top that is over a press-lock. From there you can see behind the cowling including the "brain box" under the upper left of the cowling.

Ron G