JD 4500 starter/ignition/electrical problem, please help?

   / JD 4500 starter/ignition/electrical problem, please help? #1  

supersecretsquirrel

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Purcellville, VA
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John Deere 4500
Good morning all,

desperate JD owner here. I have a 99' JD 4500 I bought used a year ago with just over 2k hours.

For the most part runs strong. About 2 months ago started giving me some electrical headaches.

every 5th or 6th start, would get a nasty grinding sound when I turned the key - instead of a clean start.

once it would not start at all, I had to pull it 10 feet in neutral, then it started fine.

Yesterday, it gave me the loud screech when trying to start. It had been running for about an hour, starting and stopping like normal, parked w/ engine off for about 15 minutes while I replaced sway arm bolts on the 3 pt, then wouldn't start.

then it kept screeching, weaker and stranger for about 4 more tries.

now I get no noise at all, nothing, key turns and no sound at all.

I can't even get this thing to the JD dealer before Saturday (they are closed when I'm not at work) and I can't afford to pay them for pick-up. Not even sure I can afford to pay them period.....


Any suggestions as to what this might be? If it were a car I'd guess starter, but I'm new to tractors, and really tight on funds.

I'm loosing my contractor job to sequester cuts and looking for a new one, but currently staring at unemployment in 4 weeks, so any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Ben
 
   / JD 4500 starter/ignition/electrical problem, please help? #2  
G'day I would pull the starter and get it checked. If you know a bit about cars then this is no different its still an engine after all.



Jon
 
   / JD 4500 starter/ignition/electrical problem, please help? #3  
The starter from Your JD need repairing or removing for a new one ...
 

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