Help with Electrical Problem

[Coyote machine]

beauford chapman,
First, welcome to TBN!
One poster asked for you to supply more info. I agree. Do you store your tractor inside or out? If out is it exposed to rain and/or snow on a regular basis?
Additional information like have mice ever been noticed under the hood or anywhere else on your rig? If so, they can wreak havoc with wiring and cause some crazy problems. I suspect like others do you may have loose or corroded connections or possibly another bad ig switch. The switch, at least on the DK series tractors has an available plastic cover to keep the elements out. Check with your dealer on this- it might be available for your CK-30 too.

Post back results and the additional info please.

Thanks,

CM

 

[grsthegreat]

Have you had the battery tested under a load??? NAPA and others will do this. Its amazing how an underpowered battery will mess up ones day with little issues in a vehicle.

 

[murphy1244]

C.M. What is the part # of the cover.

 

[Coyote machine]

C.M. What is the part # of the cover.

Murphy1224,
Sorry no clue- dealer installed at time of purchase, should be a part of dealer prep prior to sale, IMHO. I asked for it on both of my Kioti tractors- I'd seen it on another tractor on my dealer's lot, and asked why I didn't have one. They then installed it. Check with your dealer....

 

[ritcheyvs]

#12 maybe>

OEM Parts

 

[Coyote machine]

#12 maybe>

OEM Parts

That's the one for sure!
Good find.:thumbsup:

 

[beauford chapman]

I finally had time to work on tractor today. Thanks for all of the advice. I store my tractor under a shed (most of the time). I cleaned the battery terminals and the ground lead connector at the frame. No luck.
I put an amp meter on the switch that I removed from the tractor. I tested the resistence from the stab that the power lead connects to and put the switch in each of the posistions including the start posistion. Old ignition switch checked out with no problem. Why did I not do this before I changed switches?:ashamed:
Now, I have moved on to the relays. I put my finger on the relay from the switch to the started and had the key turned to the start posistion. It feels like it is making contact.
Scott, I like your suggestion on starting at the starter with the volt meter.
I will also have the battery tested.
This is a 2.8 year old tractor with about 150 hrs. Not abused at all.
Will post what I discover.

 

[beauford chapman]

A switch cover came with my ck30. Unfortunately, after about a year or so, the plastic became brittle and fell off. The replacement ignition switch does not come with a cover and the dealer said he did not have one in stock. Said he would have to order it. I found it at turfteam.com. Part # T4837-77772 (part #6 on the Kioti diagram), $3.02. I am going to order a couple to have as spares.

 

[Rhinorider]

I had a similar problem with my DK45HST. I found that it was the glow plug relay. (blue relay on the firewall). One side of this relay workrd the glow plugs fine, but the other feeds into the stating circuit. Apparently the contacts inside the relay were burnt. I stumbled on to this by accident. My tractor would just click and not engage the starter and it progressively got worse. I had my wife hold the key into the starter position while I took a screwdriver and tapped on all the relays with the handle. When I tapped on the relay starter kicked in and ZOOM Zoom. I replaced it and haven't had any trouble since.

 

[halfbottle]

I have the exact same problem. I replaced the ignition switch and that worked for a while, but problem has returned. See the Kubota B2400 low voltage relay solution, although I have not tried it something similar may help us out. In the meantime, keep jiggling that key!