This is weird. They OP has not posted anything since Nov 23rd. I've had a dealer do a bait and switch on me, (not a tractor, but parts) so I'm curious as to what happened with this case.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS POSTED! Lots of good info. I have a pretty good idea now where and how to deal with this. That wiring diagram really helped and I agree it's fuel and safety/sensor/switch issue. Now I just gotta fine which one(s). ;-)
I can only work on it on the weekend right now...
Thanks for the wiring diagram!!! Really helpful. First thing I did was go to the seat switch and what do I see? It goes to something called a "time delay control module." Great. What the heck is that? It goes to both the seat switch and the fuel relay. Anytime I read "timing" and "delay" and...
Regarding the seat sensor. It's a 4 wire, all molded together. I took it apart. It has 3 positions:
1. no one on the seat, nothing is engaged. Open circuit.
2. someone on the seat. The two outside wires are shorted/connnected, closed circuit on the two outside wires.
3. Pull on the switch and...
Okay I am 99% sure I'm battling two issues.
Tried to start it today. Started from square one. Everything in neutral, PTO disengaged, hi/low in neutral. Would not start. Rowed thru the gears put it back on neutral, rechecked PTO, rechecked hi/low. Even cycled the throttle a few times. Turn the...
The problem is actually two fold.
#1. just to get it started is a hit or miss. Right now it won't even start regardless of anything I do... then randomly it'll just start like nothing was ever wrong. So that's part one.
#2. Once I do get it started it runs great. Until I try to engage...
I'm out in the sticks. At least an hour away from anything like a JD dealship but Monday i'll call one and see what I can get. I'm just shocked it's not available online. There are a zillion people searching for John Deere safety switch but very little information and none on the version I have...
If i knew were all the safety switches were and have a wiring diagram that's exactly what I'd be doing. But so far I can't find that information online.
Bought a used 2006 790 with 600 hours on it. It worked at first fine. But then I started having troubles. Initially it was the seat switch. So I fixed that. But today it just kept dying. I thought it was the seat switch again so I bypassed it. Okay, once I did that it would start. But the moment...