I have an new TC34da with 19 hours on it that has suddenly developed a problem with the mid pto system. Today while dismounting the tractor while the engine was running, transmission in neutral, and parking brake set the enigine shut down like it would if the transmission had been left in gear.
I got back in seat and checked if gear was in neutral. Everything looked correct for engine to remain running without operator in seat but no dice . Engine would shut off every time so I checked instrument cluster to see if PTO light was lit. No light lit except parking brake.
I asked my son to check rotation of Rear pto shaft as I could not see it from seat. Rear pto shaft only turning when lever moved to energize. PTO light goes on and off and it should. Just for the heck of it I asked himto check mid- pto shaft.
Here lies the issue, the lever is in the off position and the pto light is not on but the shaft is turning and I cannot get it to disengage no matter how hard I pull back on lever.
Appearently the tractor senses the mid pto is engaged even though I have no pto light lit and this causes the tractor to shut down just as if the pto light was energized.
Has anyone ever experienced this issue with this model or another class II boomer? This is quite puzzling because as today I have never even used this lever before.
I got back in seat and checked if gear was in neutral. Everything looked correct for engine to remain running without operator in seat but no dice . Engine would shut off every time so I checked instrument cluster to see if PTO light was lit. No light lit except parking brake.
I asked my son to check rotation of Rear pto shaft as I could not see it from seat. Rear pto shaft only turning when lever moved to energize. PTO light goes on and off and it should. Just for the heck of it I asked himto check mid- pto shaft.
Here lies the issue, the lever is in the off position and the pto light is not on but the shaft is turning and I cannot get it to disengage no matter how hard I pull back on lever.
Appearently the tractor senses the mid pto is engaged even though I have no pto light lit and this causes the tractor to shut down just as if the pto light was energized.
Has anyone ever experienced this issue with this model or another class II boomer? This is quite puzzling because as today I have never even used this lever before.