Bobcat CT225 STUCK WON'T START

[BobcatTR]

Hi guys, needing HELP PLEASE!
Tractor is on the side of the road, behind shed.
Was using it, shut it off, and now it won't start.
2 days before I noticed my glow plug light wouldnt lite up. So I turned the key the other way, to start manual.
Then, that stopped working.
Had to crank forever to get her to fire.
Had bad feeling about this.
I cleaned battery cables etc.
Put charger on, 4 yrs old.
Meter dropped to bottom, didnt need a charge.
I then took it to battery shop, its AOK.
turn signals work,
Headlites DO NOT
Horn is good.
Turn the key, i hear just 1 click.
Its not the starter trying to engage at all though.
Any help, with next diagnosis??
Is there anyway to move the tractor not running.
Its on the side of the road, with my truck.
Thanks a whole bunch for any help.
She just hit 900hrs
Glad Im not in the timber getting firewood.
PS afterthought after posting.
I did check my fuse for the glowplug 5 AMP it was good!
But i replaced it anyway!

 

[MoKelly]

Hi guys, needing HELP PLEASE!
Tractor is on the side of the road, behind shed.
Was using it, shut it off, and now it won't start.
2 days before I noticed my glow plug light wouldnt lite up. So I turned the key the other way, to start manual.
Then, that stopped working.
Had to crank forever to get her to fire.
Had bad feeling about this.
I cleaned battery cables etc.
Put charger on, 4 yrs old.
Meter dropped to bottom, didnt need a charge.
I then took it to battery shop, its AOK.
turn signals work,
Headlites DO NOT
Horn is good.
Turn the key, i hear just 1 click.
Its not the starter trying to engage at all though.
Any help, with next diagnosis??
Is there anyway to move the tractor not running.
Its on the side of the road, with my truck.
Thanks a whole bunch for any help.
She just hit 900hrs
Glad Im not in the timber getting firewood.
PS afterthought after posting.
I did check my fuse for the glowplug 5 AMP it was good!
But i replaced it anyway!

Did you check the battery cables and where the cable bolts to the frame? They can look ok but be bad/corroded. Happened to me.

The only way I know to move the tractor is to wench it into a trailer.

Good luck.

 

[BobcatTR]

Did you check the battery cables and where the cable bolts to the frame? They can look ok but be bad/corroded. Happened to me.

The only way I know to move the tractor is to wench it into a trailer.

Good luck.

Thank you for the reply.
Cleaning the batt cables etc, were corroded very bad.
Took alot of cleaning.
Concerned if the cables are corroded internally. ????

 

[ruffdog]

Concerned if the cables are corroded internally. ????

It can happen and the only fix is new cables.

 

[mikester]

Start by checking all your fuses

 

[denchen]

Obviously electric is not getting to the right bit. What I did once is to put a small crocodile clip on each end of my electric multi meter. Set the meter to 20v DC on mine, then connect the red to a glow plug and the black to earth [ground]. There should not be a reading. Now whilst watching the meter, turn on the glow plugs with the key or whatever. You should see 12v or whatever the battery is at. If not it's a place to start. The same can be done with the small wire going to the starter solenoid. Some fuse boxes have small solenoids within the fuse box to cope with the heavier loads. If yours has two the same, it might be possible to change them over. You might get started but something else will not work. but you know you have a bad solenoid.

 

[BleedingOrange]

What I would do is, bypass everything, by temporarily touching a booster cable directly to the starter, once the key is in the run position. Get it started, and then move it to a safe place so you can work on finding the root cause of your problem.

 

[BobcatTR]

Thanks for the replies.
I found my seats safety switch had fallen off.
I keep tools behind the seat.
I just got lucky closing it up for the nite, and saw it.
Now my dashboard lites up, and the glowplug lite etc works.
Still just 1 click when turning the key.
Butttt, no starter.
Cleaned negative battery cable to frame. It was good.
Checked my fuse block by the right brake pedal.
All were good.
Are there anymore fuses somewhere else???

Also, can i jump the solenoid?
Used to do that back in the 70's Lol

Thanks!

 

[Patches]

that would be my suggestion; just make sure your trasmission is in neutral

 

[BobcatTR]

Well I jumped the solenoid,
The starter just spins.
No engagement.
Bendix???
Still doesnt solve the key issue.