PTO/ Saftey switch Reverse

bake1944 · Feb 26, 2012

Hello, I am bake1944 from Castile, NY and am also a new member and trying to figure all this out.
I CAN use some help please. I was out snowthrowing this morning with my 2176 cub cadet and the PTO stopped working. I backed up (which stopped the PTO) and now it won't restart.
How do you disconnect that REVERSE SAFTEY SWITCH ?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank You

OldMachinist · Feb 26, 2012

Follow the linkage from the forward/reverse pedal and you'll see the switch. Liklely it's packed with snow and stuck. After you see it likely you'll figure out how easy it is to bypass.

bake1944 · Feb 26, 2012

Thank you for the reply..
I followed the linkage from the floor pedal across to the left side of the tractor and back by the rear wheel. The linkage looks like it goes into the trans. I see no wires or switchs. ???

OldMachinist · Feb 26, 2012

Item 19 in this image.

PTWannaHave · Feb 27, 2012

OldMachinist said:
Follow the linkage from the forward/reverse pedal and you'll see the switch. Liklely it's packed with snow and stuck. After you see it likely you'll figure out how easy it is to bypass.

I agree. I needed to find the little spring on my 2185.

On a related note, I had a problem with the parking brake safety switch apparatus, that originally looked like a seat switch problem... The engine would stall when I would get off the seat with the parking brake on.

Turns out, the flimsy spring steel clip for the parking brake switch was cracked, and not applying enough pressure unless I happened to be sitting on the tractor...! I removed the that spring steel clip to examine it, saw the crack, and decided not to replace it with a new one of the same design.