4310 no forward gear

rockyridgefarm · Oct 17, 2006

Yeah, the pulled off wire is common. You sure want to find that. But it is very possible that it is deeper. Things CAN happen.

My tractor has had far fewer problems since adding the skid plates.

Dutch445 · Oct 17, 2006

very common for a pulled wire,
or even for one to wiggle out if it wasn't
fully seated in it's terminal at the factory.
the female wires in the plug are hard to
see inside, so pull on some of them and see if
they come out easily. the location was described
correctly already,, under the right foot platform, near
the transmission where there are a bunch of plugs.
I would bet that's most likely where the problem is...
(tech manual and codes are great also, but an open
circuit can be time consuming to find)
double check all the wires in these plugs!

jpwazz · Oct 17, 2006

I FOUND IT!! After an exhautive search I found a wire that had wiggled loose from its connector body underneath the driver platform. I am at a loss as to why it came loose, I certainly wasnt working in conditions to have caused this failure. Perhaps I was not aggressive enough in my initial attempts to identify a loose connection but I also would not have liked to make matters worse by pulling too hard on a sound connection. In any event, thanks to all for you're valuable input on my problem. JP.

rockyridgefarm · Oct 17, 2006

skid plates.

Glad you got it!

skid plates.

Dutch445 · Oct 18, 2006

If you really don't think the wire was ever pulled on by
brush etc., it may have been possible that the wire
was never properly seated in that connector, and just
took some time to wiggle it's way out and loose the
contact.
Glad you found it!

hey Mike,
with the skid plates, can you still get to these wires easily?

rockyridgefarm · Oct 18, 2006

hey Mike,
with the skid plates, can you still get to these wires easily?

I had several incidents before getting the plates. I have had none since. They do a really good job covering this area. I couldn't belive how bent up it was when I installed mine. I really had to work to get things linedup, so I am sure they help a lot.

Too bad there are none for the TWENTYs!!!!!!!!