Coyote machine
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- 22 SANY SY 50U, '10 Kioti DK 40se/hst KL-401 FEL, loaded tires, KB-2485 bhoe, Tuffline TB160 BB, Woods QA forks, MIE Hydraulic bhoe thumb & ripper tooth, Igland 4001 winch, & GR-20 Log Grapple. Woods BBX72" Brush Mower. Diamondplate aluminum canopy
Does the cluster have some sort of control or does it relay power to the starter?
I don't know how your tractor is wired, nor your instrument cluster, BUT it is possible that to get the voltage you need to the starter solenoid that it runs through your ignition switch and through your instrument cluster via one of the gauges then to the solenoid.
What I'd like to know is what the voltage drop goes to when you turn your ignition to the on, and then start, (crank engine) positions. If for instance the voltage drops to 11 or 10.5 or something similar, even without cranking the starter over, but while the key is turned to crank, then there is NOT enough voltage to turn the engine over anyway, which partly explains why the jumping of the battery allows the engine to crank.
When in the sequence of things going bad did the cluster flake out on you?
I ask this because I think you may have a couple of issues going on at once.
Here's my rough theory based on my understanding of what you experience:
The cluster is not working properly. The new ignition switch did not solve your no crank/starter inoperative condition. Jumping, to the battery cranks the starter, BUT does not make the engine run.
I think when you jump the battery you get enough amperage, (current flowing to the starter) to make it crank over the engine, BUT fuel delivery is hampered by a relay that is defective, or not energized, thus no fuel delivery and consequently no starting the engine. Possibly the relay for the fuel delivery solenoid is 'connected' to being energized by the cluster supplying voltage?
You said you checked the relays, how? What did you do to verify they are working? Do you have access to a schematic for the start and fuel circuits?
If so, can you post them to be examined?