stephencd1959
New member
Good afternoon,
This year I purchased a TYM 454 HST Tractor new. My old Montana gave up the ghost.
A few days ago, when I went to get my tractor out of the barn, there were warning lights on the cluster that were not listed in the manual. They looked like the engine warning light except that they had an 兎xclamation mark in them. The left was blinking, the right was not. I tried both the paper and digital version of the manual. I was finally able to determine what the issue was. A rat, foul critter that they are, had chewed through the wiring of the connector on a glow plug. The wire was chewed through right at the connection making it impossible to re-wire it as there is no wire remaining with which to work with.
The dealer is telling me they don't sell the individual connectors so I need to buy an entire wiring harness to replace the one plug connector. There is of course the additional charge to do all the re-wiring. As since I also have no way to get it back to the dealer I'll have to pay them to haul it back and forth. As I have a back problem I simply cannot do the wiring myself. The option of spending a $1000.00 or more to fix this problem is not a viable solution. Not after having to replace my older brush hog (almost $2000.00) which spun out three different PTO shafts at $148.00 a pop in less than a month until I replaced it. (hog was only rated up to 40hp) My mistake for not noticing the horse power rating difference sooner. Plus a new hydraulic line when the backhoe outriggers slipped on the ground (no traction) hitting the arm against a large rock snapping off the connector on the line. Another almost $200.00 to replace the line. Then (almost $800.00) replacing the straight blade (60 inch) for a 72 inch which actually covers the width of the tire track. Just to take care and manage our property. I'm surprised my wife hasn't divorced me yet.
I contacted the company (N. Carolina) via email last night with the issue as well as the photos. Amazingly I received an email from them this morning. They are looking for a place where I might be able to purchase the connector, as well looking into the issue of shoes for the backhoe. But, I thought someone on here might have an idea as well.
Sorry for the long winded run. Just getting frustrated here in S/C Missouri.
This year I purchased a TYM 454 HST Tractor new. My old Montana gave up the ghost.
A few days ago, when I went to get my tractor out of the barn, there were warning lights on the cluster that were not listed in the manual. They looked like the engine warning light except that they had an 兎xclamation mark in them. The left was blinking, the right was not. I tried both the paper and digital version of the manual. I was finally able to determine what the issue was. A rat, foul critter that they are, had chewed through the wiring of the connector on a glow plug. The wire was chewed through right at the connection making it impossible to re-wire it as there is no wire remaining with which to work with.
The dealer is telling me they don't sell the individual connectors so I need to buy an entire wiring harness to replace the one plug connector. There is of course the additional charge to do all the re-wiring. As since I also have no way to get it back to the dealer I'll have to pay them to haul it back and forth. As I have a back problem I simply cannot do the wiring myself. The option of spending a $1000.00 or more to fix this problem is not a viable solution. Not after having to replace my older brush hog (almost $2000.00) which spun out three different PTO shafts at $148.00 a pop in less than a month until I replaced it. (hog was only rated up to 40hp) My mistake for not noticing the horse power rating difference sooner. Plus a new hydraulic line when the backhoe outriggers slipped on the ground (no traction) hitting the arm against a large rock snapping off the connector on the line. Another almost $200.00 to replace the line. Then (almost $800.00) replacing the straight blade (60 inch) for a 72 inch which actually covers the width of the tire track. Just to take care and manage our property. I'm surprised my wife hasn't divorced me yet.
I contacted the company (N. Carolina) via email last night with the issue as well as the photos. Amazingly I received an email from them this morning. They are looking for a place where I might be able to purchase the connector, as well looking into the issue of shoes for the backhoe. But, I thought someone on here might have an idea as well.
Sorry for the long winded run. Just getting frustrated here in S/C Missouri.
