kyfirestorm
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My husband and I moved onto a 30 acre farm two years ago. Being from the city, we only had a small riding mower . . . thankfully my father-in-law has a Kioti LB2204 (80's model I believe) that we've been able to use. However, this poor little tractor has been rode hard, put away wet, and held together with duct tape and bandaids for years .
What usually happens? FIL works away with no problems, and then we borrow the doggone thing and something breaks. Never fails. It's getting frustrating.
Our current problem is the reason I've registered: the tractor simply will not start. I've lurked for a couple of years now, and yesterday I read (and re-read) JoelD's thread about his tractor not starting, but I'm still stumped on one thing:
The battery has been bad in this tractor for a while. For MONTHS I've been trying to find out from my FIL how to get the battery out so I can buy a new one. "Nah, it's okay for now. Just pull out that decompression knob and it'll start." So that's what we've been doing. Last week we noticed it wasn't wanting to spin up as quickly as it used to . . . said something to FIL, got fed up, and decided just to haul the tractor to a local dealership and pay them to remove/replace the battery. Hubby started tractor, backed it out of barn, and drove down to check the bottom pasture while I was getting the trailer ready. I had a problem in the meantime and he parked the tractor and turned it off to come help me. Now? The doggone thing is flat dead. When we turn the key nothing happens. At all. The fuel gauge will begin rising, and the one working turn signal will flash when activated, but nothing else.
I've cleaned the ground-to-frame connection and re attached it. I've sprayed WD40 in the ignition. What has ne stumped is that the decompression knob is dead too. Before I start tearing this lil' tractor apart to replace the battery, cables, ignition safety switch, etc can somebody tell me if I'm on the right track? Or am I missing something to do with that decompression knob?
Thank you all for any help you can give me. Hubby isn't mechanically inclined and FIL is like talking to a brick wall. If it weren't for the fact that the loader is down and tilted forward, I'd winch the dang thing onto the trailer and dump it in HIS yard!
What usually happens? FIL works away with no problems, and then we borrow the doggone thing and something breaks. Never fails. It's getting frustrating.
Our current problem is the reason I've registered: the tractor simply will not start. I've lurked for a couple of years now, and yesterday I read (and re-read) JoelD's thread about his tractor not starting, but I'm still stumped on one thing:
The battery has been bad in this tractor for a while. For MONTHS I've been trying to find out from my FIL how to get the battery out so I can buy a new one. "Nah, it's okay for now. Just pull out that decompression knob and it'll start." So that's what we've been doing. Last week we noticed it wasn't wanting to spin up as quickly as it used to . . . said something to FIL, got fed up, and decided just to haul the tractor to a local dealership and pay them to remove/replace the battery. Hubby started tractor, backed it out of barn, and drove down to check the bottom pasture while I was getting the trailer ready. I had a problem in the meantime and he parked the tractor and turned it off to come help me. Now? The doggone thing is flat dead. When we turn the key nothing happens. At all. The fuel gauge will begin rising, and the one working turn signal will flash when activated, but nothing else.
I've cleaned the ground-to-frame connection and re attached it. I've sprayed WD40 in the ignition. What has ne stumped is that the decompression knob is dead too. Before I start tearing this lil' tractor apart to replace the battery, cables, ignition safety switch, etc can somebody tell me if I'm on the right track? Or am I missing something to do with that decompression knob?
Thank you all for any help you can give me. Hubby isn't mechanically inclined and FIL is like talking to a brick wall. If it weren't for the fact that the loader is down and tilted forward, I'd winch the dang thing onto the trailer and dump it in HIS yard!