I went out to the weekend place in the woods with the intention to do some tractor work with the B3300 today. First chance I致e had in 5 weeks; work keeps getting in the way. There have been a couple of heavy rain showers since I had the pond dug and some of the fresh dirt eroded; so, I was going to level that back smooth and also cut a ditch to catch and divert the watershed flow into the inlet.
Had the tractor covered with a tarp while it was parked and after removing that, I saw where a rat or two had been homesteading on the tractor. Not good! I turned the key to glowplug for about 5 seconds then tried cranking it. No start after about 5 seconds. Unusual, it usually fires right up. I shut off the key and checked the PTO shifter, yes it was in neutral. Checked the seat safety switches, yes they seem to be working. Tried cranking again. It spun over good but didn稚 even try to fire and no smoke at all from the exhaust. Then I realized I wasn稚 hearing the fuel solenoid clunk into position. Pulled the fuel stop selenoid fuse; it was OK. Ran a wire directly from the battery terminals and touched the wire connections on the solenoid and she clunked like normal. I assume the rats have chewed a wire or two somewhere and power is not being sent to the solenoid. I didn稚 see anywhere under the hood where they had done any damage so I assume they did something inside the dash consol. I came home and made some jumper wires with mini spade connectors so I can hotwire the solenoid directly from the battery to get it going long enough to load it on the trailer and bring it home. It痴 pretty close to time for the first service anyway so I値l probably just take it to the dealer and let them sort it out while they do the service.
Had the tractor covered with a tarp while it was parked and after removing that, I saw where a rat or two had been homesteading on the tractor. Not good! I turned the key to glowplug for about 5 seconds then tried cranking it. No start after about 5 seconds. Unusual, it usually fires right up. I shut off the key and checked the PTO shifter, yes it was in neutral. Checked the seat safety switches, yes they seem to be working. Tried cranking again. It spun over good but didn稚 even try to fire and no smoke at all from the exhaust. Then I realized I wasn稚 hearing the fuel solenoid clunk into position. Pulled the fuel stop selenoid fuse; it was OK. Ran a wire directly from the battery terminals and touched the wire connections on the solenoid and she clunked like normal. I assume the rats have chewed a wire or two somewhere and power is not being sent to the solenoid. I didn稚 see anywhere under the hood where they had done any damage so I assume they did something inside the dash consol. I came home and made some jumper wires with mini spade connectors so I can hotwire the solenoid directly from the battery to get it going long enough to load it on the trailer and bring it home. It痴 pretty close to time for the first service anyway so I値l probably just take it to the dealer and let them sort it out while they do the service.
