I have the same problem you're having, mine started slow at first, the neutral light was the first thing I remembered not lighting up, now I'm in the same boat you're in. Hope you get your machine fixed, Mine is still not working,
Tach/Electrical Issue
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got mine fixed today, it was the relay under the hood, the blue one on the far right hand side, I would like to thank everyone that has commented on this and without all your help I was about to take it in to the dealer and would has cost me an arm & leg. Thanks again for all the good suggestions. Steve
MESSMAKER
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Glad you are up and running.
I'm having a very similar problem on 2013 CT235 Could someone point me in the right direction and which relay I should be looking and replacing? Anyway to determine it is the relay by troubleshooting? I have checked the battery and ground connections and this hasn't helped. Thanks in advance!
Lockport
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Me too. 2011 (I think) CT235 with 415 hours. A couple times this month I'd go start and no solenoid click. But subsequently key off and on and it would click. Yesterday, I lost power to my rear accessories circuit. Then a few hours later I lost headlights and gauges. Have signal lights, horn, turn signals. Looked for shorts underneath and under the hood... Nothing. Will be checking this far right side (facing the firewall from the front) relay in the engine compartment and hope this will prove the culprit. Will update tomorrow.
Lockport
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Anyone know where the switched power relay is on the CT235? On the fire wall from right to left when facing from the front, the fuel sender is beside the OCU. Then the fuel pull relay, the starter relay, and the pre-heat relay. No switched relay as is according to the CT335 right beside the fuel sender.
Lockport
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I assume this is it? Directly above the Flasher Unit on the left side beneath the instrument panel shroud.
SSdoxie
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Can not make out wire colors in the photo, 4 wires at the Switched power relay are Black (grd), Red (battery), Red/white strip (switch input), Red/Blk stripe (out to dash & lights).
Lockport
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Thanks for the insight. It ceased being problematic but I'm sure it's not the last I've heard of it.
Lockport
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Ok, just got home but I'm seeing Black, red/black, what looks like red/Grey (unless that's dust on it but I cannot reach it, and another right rear rust just looks black from this angle and I really can't get to it. That's a nylon nut holding the relay up there and I'm sure I can get an angle wrench up there if need be, but at the moment the issue has repaired itself. 
My CT235 acted similar to this about a year ago. It was an intermittent problem for a long time with same symptoms. After while of troubleshooting I was able to locate the problematic relay under the dash on the right hand side of the tractor near the fuse box. The relay was not under the hood, but was located under the ignition near the fuse box. On the electrical schematic diagram from the repair book the relay is labeled as the "switched power" relay. In other documentation including the repair book and on bobcat parts it is labeled as the "ignition" relay. Go to bobcat parts online to the Electrical System 2 Group which shows the problem relay as item 13, G: Ignition relay. I was unable to post the link.
Ok, just got home but I'm seeing Black, red/black, what looks like red/Grey (unless that's dust on it bu near the t I cannot reach it, and another right rear rust just looks black from this angle and I really can't get to it. That's a nylon nut holding the relay up there and I'm sure I can get an angle wrench up there if need be, but at the moment the issue has repaired itself.
Lockport
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Will look there as mine has begun acting up again. I am also unable to determine what exactly that 20A relay is on the left side under the dash above the flasher. The workshop manual for the CK35 I have doesn't even show a relay as being there.
Lockport
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That's great, if I could find it. That Ignition Relay, is that hidden up behind the shroud surrounding the gauges and accessible from the engine side or do I have to disassemble the dash to get to it?
Lockport
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Is it visible without removing anything from the cab above the fuse box? I can't see a relay there.
If I recall correctly, I don't believe it is visible without taking of the "Cover, Instrument Lower" shown on the bobcat parts site under Instrument Meter Cover Group.
powerscol
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Kioti electric and Bobcat electric are different. That's why the CK35 manual is no help. As far as I know everything else is the same.
Lockport
Platinum Member
How the heck do you get to it? If I take those two bolts off the lower shroud on the steering wheel side, and the two upper ones on the engine side, will the shroud lift up?
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