First problem with my 5 year old Kioti DK45

grsthegreat · Jul 27, 2016

Old reliable let me down last weekend. I was out chipping limbs for about 4 hours on Sunday when i descided i best refuel tractor. Drove to shop to refuel and i shut down tractor.

it wouldnt restart. Turned over with lots of power but no start.

engine was hot so i went in and had lunch. Later i found that 25 amp stop solonoid fuse was blown. Replaced fuse and it immediately blew again. Ok, not good.

all wires were clean, no chew marks. I pulled stop solonoid off of injector pump and tractor fired right up.

i tested all 3 wires on solonoid and im getting short between all of them. I also see some molten solder pieces near one terminal.

i called and ordered new solonoid and should be here today. I hope thats the only problem. I have 4 generators coming in and need the tractor to unload.

I guess i can run tractor and manually shut it down but dont like running it with the solonoid removed as now theres a open hole where the solonoid sat.

grsthegreat · Jul 27, 2016

Replaced part, new fuse.......runs great again.

Thank god. Generators arrive tomorrow

k0ua · Jul 27, 2016

Weird that the solenoid coil lost insulation. Oh well. Could have been worse. Wasn't a whole lot of trouble for an electrician to fix.

:thumbsup:

ritcheyvs · Jul 28, 2016

This is the first confirmed SS failure I can recall.

k0ua · Jul 28, 2016

ritcheyvs said:
This is the first confirmed SS failure I can recall.

I was thinking the same thing. Several guys have bought them, but later discovered it was the Fuel Stop Solenoid Relay on the firewall that was defective not the SS itself. But the things are up there on the hot injector pump with a lot of vibration, so I guess I should not be surprised to hear of a failed one.

grsthegreat · Jul 29, 2016

I ran the tests shown in workshop manual and the resistance test failed. After seing the solder runs in terminals, i knew there was a problem.
Ill post pics later.
Tractor works fine now

k0ua · Jul 29, 2016

grsthegreat said:
I ran the tests shown in workshop manual and the resistance test failed. After seing the solder runs in terminals, i knew there was a problem.
Ill post pics later.
Tractor works fine now

The price of the workshop manual was just recouped in the first repair! :thumbsup: