Jayhawk714
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I went to start my tractor one morning to start blowing snow, however, when I turned the key nothing happened. No clicks, grunts no nothing. I checked the battery and it was fully charged. I checked to make sure both cables were tight on both ends of them. Even though the battery had a full charge I tried jumping it anyway. Some of the dash lights would come on with turning the key. I have a friend who is a very good diesel mechanic , he owns a business that works on semi engines, he came over and checked numerous things but could not pin point the cause. He left with my shop manual to do some research. He call a couple of hours later and said he found a way to get the tractor running. What we ended up doing was to cut off a small amount of the pin in the fuel solenoid and hot wired the starter. So now to start the tractor I touch a wire from the starter to a nearby bolt. To shut the off tractor there is a wire to the manual shutoff lever on the fuel solenoid I pull on.
Does anyone have to come any ideas what might be the main cause of the tractor not starting?
The closest Kubota shop is over 100 miles away and with no trailer to haul the tractor and having to pay the dealership to pick it up plus with shop rates at over $155.00 an hour fixing the tractor myself is what I really want to do. Any help would be so much more than just appreciated.
Does anyone have to come any ideas what might be the main cause of the tractor not starting?
The closest Kubota shop is over 100 miles away and with no trailer to haul the tractor and having to pay the dealership to pick it up plus with shop rates at over $155.00 an hour fixing the tractor myself is what I really want to do. Any help would be so much more than just appreciated.
