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After a lot of head scratching he found that one of the terminals had come un plugged from the back of the fuse panel, everything works now, $1400 later. He did also change the oil and air cleaner and did a routine check and lube on all points.

I did remove and clean both connections, at the battery, the ground to the engine, and the positive to the starter, pretty sure its a loose connection in the dash. The repair guy is here today between 9am and 11am to start fixing it. He also going to do a major? service on the engine and the...

Having a mobile tractor service out next week to fix this, they are also going to do a full service, $205 per hr inc travel time.

I guess its a process of elimination, new battery has the same symptoms. Must be a wire that is shorted or something. I'll continue taking the plastic off, I think I need to remove the steering wheel and the nut that holds the ignition switch in place, have all other fasteners out that I can...

I'm going to get one, takes the guessing out of battery health. The new battery will be at my shop today so hopefully that does solve the problem.

Took it out tonight, its 8 years old, seems like its not been long since I remember putting it in but I cant be 8 years older....

I'm going to buy a new battery and see if that helps, I just checked the voltage on the existing and it only 12.7 v.

Wouldn't using the jump battery eliminate the possibility that the battery was the problem? I started taking the plastic covers off around the steering wheel and gauge panel, I'll get a pic when I get them off, from what I can see there is a ton of dirt/grass covering everything under them.

Seems like something to do with the light switch since when I turn it lights intermittently flash on the dash, not sure why this switch would control the tractor starting.

I did that, but there is no change, I also pulled the fuses and cleaned the terminals, there are 5 of the small 2 blade ones and three that are about 1" sq with multiple terminals.

I did clean the terminals at the battery, I see where the ground connects to the frame, I guess the positive is connected to the starter?

I hooked my jump starter battery directly to the battery terminals and the dash doesn't light up like it did before. Usually the glow plug indicator is light and the gauges go to the max then back to 0. If I turn the headlight switch the dash lights for a second and then goes black. The hazard...

I tried to start the tractor yesterday, when you turn the key usually the dash lights come on, then turning further starts the engine. Now when I turn the key everything is dark, I charged the battery overnight so its good. When the key is on if I turn the headlight switch the dash lights...