BX23 will not turn off-Help!

[teachdocs]

I took a break, had a nice steak dinner, and went back with all of your suggestions. There was a 15 amp blown fuse labeled as "solenoid" in the fuse block. I replaced the fuse but the engine continued to run. I checked the fuse and it was blown again. Now we're getting somewhere.
Traced the harness area to the front left corner of the engine where it splits off for the headlights. A line had dropped down onto the muffler, melted, and had a short against the muffler. This must be the wire to the fuel solenoid. I isolated the short, replaced the fuse, and now she is sitting quietly til tomorrow morning.
Thanks to all of you for the helpful advice. The forum is not only helpful, but came to the rescue in a time crunch! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Bota_Orange]

Just a little tidbit about that solenoid on the BX2230 that makes that tick sound like it is disengaging once you shut the tractor off. The BX23 does not have that solenoid. The engine in the BX23 is not the same model number as the BX2230. My buudy just traded his BX2200 in on a BX23, he was thinking that his tractor would make that solenoid noise once he shut the tractor off but it didn't. We looked at the model numbers and they are different??? Not sure what's up there, but they don't even take the same oil filters.

 

[Egon]

Glad to hear a fix was made. /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

To stall the tractor one may/can apply a sudden load at idle.

Cutting off the air supply will also stop the engine.

Egon /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[AceDeuce]

Glad to hear you found the problem and were able to fix it.

I had a similar experience a while ago. A stick found its way up under the engine cowling and pulled the main 50amp fuse loose from its holder. The tractor would not shut off and I ended up having to stall it out. This particular fuse was not in the fuse block; it was inline with the wiring harness. A little electrical tape wrapped around the fuse and holder has so far prevented the problem from happening again.

 

[David_Kb7uns]

Had trouble at the dealer getting the oil filter, first time they gave the wrong one, they have changed to a newer engine on some of the BX2230 tractors to a newer one and it also does not have the same location for the block heater, I think you have to take out a freeze plug now.
David

 

[Volfandt]

To my knowledge, which can be questionable at best /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif all BX's w/the D905-E-BX engine have the same fuel shutdown solenoid that kicks out (clicks) about 10 secs after ****down and/or whenever the ignition is turned on then off.

Kubota did make some changes in the D905-E-BX engine between the BX22/2200 and BX23/2350 but I believe the fuel shutoff solenoid has the same part number.

Volfandt

 

[teachdocs]

I do not hear a click on my BX23.
There is a second lever on the throttle body assembly. It is spring loaded and just to the right of the throttle blade lever. If you move this lever while the tractor is running, the engine will slow. Is this a safe way to "kill" stall the engine or can this do some type of harm? What does this do?

 

[craigsmith]

You have a blown fuse. This happened to me last winter.