KY Gun Geek
Silver Member
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2012
- Messages
- 114
- Location
- Lexington, KY
- Tractor
- JD 5105, JD 5055D, 2 JD 5085M's, JD 5085E, JD 5093E, JD 5115M
Bought a new to me 5085e with from a dealer with about 635 hours 4 weeks ago. Don't know anything about history (other than the JD system says a parking pawl was fixed under warranty at about 125 hours).
Weather here has been crappy (cool wet spring) which has curtailed much tractor activity. Grass is finally growing so yesterday tied the batwing to the new guy and started to work. Immediately noticed that the PTO engagement was less crisp (violent?) than either my 5085M or 5093e. Worked for a couple days, maybe 12 - 15 engagement cycles. Today engagement went from soft to non existent.
Failure Mode: Tractor at idle, pull the PTO switch, driveline barely rotates then stops. Tractor immediately beeps 3 times and a light on the dash comes on. It is red and diamond shaped. Manual calls it a "Service Alert Indicator" - very descriptive. Not sure if it goes out on its own - does go out if PTO switch is moved to off. That's it.
Hydro filter and fluid have been changed (part of sale deal). oil looked good in sight glass then - looks good now (color and level)
Tomorrow I'm going to be sure the batwing is ok by rotating driveline by hand, and maybe hooking to another tractor (didn't check today because I didn't see any binding or other issues - I have seen what happens when there is frozen gear box connected to a PTO and it aint pretty). Also will do a little more careful observing on just what works and doesn't - lights, beeps, etc.
Don't think this is electrical - with no load PTO engages (you can see shaft turning), dash light comes on, and shows RPM on the dash. No, I'm not going to grab it and see how much resistance it has when turning.
Other things I should check? - looking for simple stuff, adjustment etc - before I get a dealer involved (different than the one that sold it). I'm hoping I didn't get a tractor with a bad PTO clutch, but it kinda feels that way.
Thanks for your suggestions!
Weather here has been crappy (cool wet spring) which has curtailed much tractor activity. Grass is finally growing so yesterday tied the batwing to the new guy and started to work. Immediately noticed that the PTO engagement was less crisp (violent?) than either my 5085M or 5093e. Worked for a couple days, maybe 12 - 15 engagement cycles. Today engagement went from soft to non existent.
Failure Mode: Tractor at idle, pull the PTO switch, driveline barely rotates then stops. Tractor immediately beeps 3 times and a light on the dash comes on. It is red and diamond shaped. Manual calls it a "Service Alert Indicator" - very descriptive. Not sure if it goes out on its own - does go out if PTO switch is moved to off. That's it.
Hydro filter and fluid have been changed (part of sale deal). oil looked good in sight glass then - looks good now (color and level)
Tomorrow I'm going to be sure the batwing is ok by rotating driveline by hand, and maybe hooking to another tractor (didn't check today because I didn't see any binding or other issues - I have seen what happens when there is frozen gear box connected to a PTO and it aint pretty). Also will do a little more careful observing on just what works and doesn't - lights, beeps, etc.
Don't think this is electrical - with no load PTO engages (you can see shaft turning), dash light comes on, and shows RPM on the dash. No, I'm not going to grab it and see how much resistance it has when turning.
Other things I should check? - looking for simple stuff, adjustment etc - before I get a dealer involved (different than the one that sold it). I'm hoping I didn't get a tractor with a bad PTO clutch, but it kinda feels that way.
Thanks for your suggestions!