mikemike39
Member
Hi - my 4410 is just about three years from new, has just over 150 hours on the clock and has been perfect until on Saturday it would not start. It has always been garaged.
I couldn't get the battery out as the nuts had corroded - and there was quite a lot of white corrosion around the red terminal. I was able to check with a torch and there was water in each of the cells. I trickle charged it overnight and on Sunday same story -would not start.
The dealer came out today and jump started it - so it was the battery that had died. He hacksawed off one of the nuts and took out the old battery, and connected a new JD one - which works fine. He is coming back to fit new bolts to secure the battery.
I have read a few threads on this board about battery corrosion on 4310/4410 models and am a little worried
There is some white material covering a couple of sqaure inches of the oil cooler - this looks like the stuff that was around the red terminal
The other corrosion has brushed off fine.
I am in the UK so not all the product options available in the US might be available here - I don't know what alternative batteries I might be able to get
Question is - should I be worried? Is the battery leakage in on the oil cooler an issue,. and if so what should I do?
Will this happen again - is it just something I have to accept every 150 huors or so?
Should I ask the dealer to see whether John Deere fancy paying the costs of the call out?
Cheers Mike
I couldn't get the battery out as the nuts had corroded - and there was quite a lot of white corrosion around the red terminal. I was able to check with a torch and there was water in each of the cells. I trickle charged it overnight and on Sunday same story -would not start.
The dealer came out today and jump started it - so it was the battery that had died. He hacksawed off one of the nuts and took out the old battery, and connected a new JD one - which works fine. He is coming back to fit new bolts to secure the battery.
I have read a few threads on this board about battery corrosion on 4310/4410 models and am a little worried
There is some white material covering a couple of sqaure inches of the oil cooler - this looks like the stuff that was around the red terminal
The other corrosion has brushed off fine.
I am in the UK so not all the product options available in the US might be available here - I don't know what alternative batteries I might be able to get
Question is - should I be worried? Is the battery leakage in on the oil cooler an issue,. and if so what should I do?
Will this happen again - is it just something I have to accept every 150 huors or so?
Should I ask the dealer to see whether John Deere fancy paying the costs of the call out?
Cheers Mike