intermitent starting

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

The TC40DA blew fuse #2 today (safty start,fuel shutoff) and for the past few days it wont start every time I turn the key, sometimes I hear a click and then nothing .
I was thinking the saftey switch in the high - N - low was bad because I try wiggleing it back and forth , (and starts sometimes )but not sure if that is the problem.

Electrical problems are not my thing , I tried wiggleing harness and wires but can't tell if that is where the problem is . Sorry about the bad description but it is the best I can describe it .
Any tips on where to start looking are appreciated ,but Don't think too hard about it , just wondering if mabey there is a common starting problems on the bommers. If not off to the dealer she goes again....
Luv my NH , but at less than a year old the electrical problems I've had are starting to get old and pi$s me off a bit now.....
Thanks in advance for any help gang

 

[jinman]

Are you and scuvnut tractor-in-laws? Sheesh! Both of you are having the sticking solenoid issue at the same time. I find something to give my starter a sharp but gentle rap on the starter solenoid when this happens. It has always worked. I had this problem intermittently about a year ago and it has not reoccurred in the last 6 months. Give that starter a rap and see if it doesn't start working again. Sometimes you just have to use the "Fonzie" method.

 

[scuvnut]

OK jinman...just read you reply to my post and then saw this.

That is too funny!

Going out to rap with my solenoid.....

 

[LoneCowboy]

All these "high quality" TC40/45's have this problem.
bad bad bad electrical

I've bypassed ALL the safety switches.

It still does it. (esp when it's hot out)

Next is a new starter and solenoid.

Ridiculous, both TC45's did this from day 1, (the first one went back to NH)

 

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

Tractor in laws ....now thats funny , never heard that one before LOL.
Starting to think all our tractors are related in some way with the bad electrical gene thrown in.
Once again a big THANK-YOU to jinman. I will try rapping on the starter next time she doesn't start and hope it's just a stuck solioned. Let you know how it works out,good luck with yours scuvnut let us know what happens.

Happy memorial day all and lets not forget to have a shot and a thought for thoes who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

Lone Oak

 

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

Well go figure ... put about 10 hrs. on her this weekend and shut it off more than a few times just to see what would happen ?
And it started up every time , I can live with that, just hope it was a stuck solenoid .

Thanks again ,Lone Oak

 

[jinman]

Well go figure ... put about 10 hrs. on her this weekend and shut it off more than a few times just to see what would happen ?
And it started up every time , I can live with that, just hope it was a stuck solenoid .

Thanks again ,Lone Oak

Well, I jinxed myself by posting to this thread. I was using my tractor a lot on Friday of last week. I stopped for lunch, and when I got back on the tractor it went, "click, click.) I tapped on the starter and it didn't help. I was about to slide my thin-handle of the Crescent wrench under the starter so I could tap the solenoid when I hit the key once more and it fired. It hasn't failed since. So, I guess the bad news is that it hasn't gone away. The good news is that it still works after a few clicks or a tap in the right place.

 

[Hematite]

Don't feel too bad, my Simplicity Legacy with the 25 hp Kohler does the exact same thing since new. Seemingly, the problem is more widespread than first thought. Apparently, among other things that we can't make correctly anymore, solenoids join the list.

The starter on this engine is made in Korea. I don't know where the NH starter is made.

 

[MikeD74T]

If you haven't removed & cleaned your battery terminals you should. It's the cheapest & easiest electrical troubleshooting there is. Intermittant conductivity is a @#&xe% to figure out and often cured by replacing perfectly good parts solely by virtue of breaking & making the connections. MikeD74T

 

[two_bit_score]

If you haven't removed & cleaned your battery terminals you should. It's the cheapest & easiest electrical troubleshooting there is. Intermittant conductivity is a @#&xe% to figure out and often cured by replacing perfectly good parts solely by virtue of breaking & making the connections. MikeD74T

That has almost always been the solution for my intermittent starting problems. Poor connection at the battery terminals.