revitupfaster
Silver Member
I thought I would start a new thread on this because people are probably tired of the old thread and may not see this, which I think is pretty important. Since there seemed to be a lot of confusion about this, I called my dealer, and at first he wasn't really sure, but luckily they had a new 2520 in stock awaiting delivery, so he went and checked. He called back and explained about a light on upper right side of the dash which I said was not shown or explained in my Operators Manual.
The manual for my tractor shows a picture of the dash, with the indicator lights labeled as to their function. The problem is, the manual does not show an indicator light which in fact is actually there.
The top light on the right side is the PTO engaged indicator, and in reality, there is a light under this, which is the "Pre-heat" indicator. This is apparently connected to a sensor, which determines how long the pre-heat function should run, depending upon the ambient temperature before actually starting the machine. The manual says absolutely nothing about this, and says nothing about waiting for it to go off before starting the machine.
I read the manual, thinking it was the "Bible" on the machine, so I never even realized the light was there. How many would take their operators manual to the machine to double check that it was correct?
Anyway, the starting procedure is to turn the ignition to the "on" position, and wait for that pre-heat lamp to go out, then fire away.
I told my dealer that the Operators manual says absolutely nothing about the pre-heat light nor that one should wait for it to go out before starting. He was quite surprised about this not being explained in the manual and is going to make sure he explains it to the owner of that new one he has in stock.
Apparently the starting procedures for the 2520 & 2720 are identical, however, the 2720 manual does show that pre-heat light although it is referred to as a "Glow Plug" light, when in fact it's this air pre-heater thing. The 2720 also says for cold weather starting to turn the ignition to "on" and wait 15 seconds before starting. Probably the amount of time for the light to go out.
All in all, the operators manual for the 2520 "sucks". JD should get their act together on this......it can't be that hard to get things like this right in the operators manual.
Sorry for the length, but I thought this would be important, especially to the 2520 owners, we're probably all in the same boat.
REV
The manual for my tractor shows a picture of the dash, with the indicator lights labeled as to their function. The problem is, the manual does not show an indicator light which in fact is actually there.
The top light on the right side is the PTO engaged indicator, and in reality, there is a light under this, which is the "Pre-heat" indicator. This is apparently connected to a sensor, which determines how long the pre-heat function should run, depending upon the ambient temperature before actually starting the machine. The manual says absolutely nothing about this, and says nothing about waiting for it to go off before starting the machine.
I read the manual, thinking it was the "Bible" on the machine, so I never even realized the light was there. How many would take their operators manual to the machine to double check that it was correct?
Anyway, the starting procedure is to turn the ignition to the "on" position, and wait for that pre-heat lamp to go out, then fire away.
I told my dealer that the Operators manual says absolutely nothing about the pre-heat light nor that one should wait for it to go out before starting. He was quite surprised about this not being explained in the manual and is going to make sure he explains it to the owner of that new one he has in stock.
Apparently the starting procedures for the 2520 & 2720 are identical, however, the 2720 manual does show that pre-heat light although it is referred to as a "Glow Plug" light, when in fact it's this air pre-heater thing. The 2720 also says for cold weather starting to turn the ignition to "on" and wait 15 seconds before starting. Probably the amount of time for the light to go out.
All in all, the operators manual for the 2520 "sucks". JD should get their act together on this......it can't be that hard to get things like this right in the operators manual.
Sorry for the length, but I thought this would be important, especially to the 2520 owners, we're probably all in the same boat.
REV