Check this connection on your tractors!

[sliderbuck]

Not sure what all models this affects but from what ive read its a bunch. Mines a 2017 max 26xl. Pull your panels off around the steering column and the right side metal cover. Theres a wiring harness that bends down under the firewall area. Open it up right where it bends. For what ever reason Mahindra used a crimp connection to join a 12v main hot wire here. 3 wires crimped together. This is a common place for water to collect inside the harness also. Gets corroded bad. Cut the crimp out and solder the wires together. If the corrosion gets bad enough you can get into issues with starting. The pic i attached is one i found on another site. Just fixed mine last night. It was corroded bad and full of water.

 

[s219]

The Max has had a lot of wiring and moisture issues. Mitsubishi did not do a very good job with the wiring harness. Another common place for moisture to collect and create problems is the connector to the fuel solenoid.

 

[sliderbuck]

Ill have to check that out next then. Happen to have a pic of it?

 

[k0ua]

After you solder the wires, put some liquid electrical tape on the joint. Let it dry, and then coat it again to be sure. Available at the home depot, (I am sure other places too, from Gardener Bender)

Gardner Bender Black Liquid Electrical Tape 4 oz. LTB-400 - The Home Depot

Insulate and splice electrical wires with the help of this Liquid Electrical Tape designed by Gardner Bender. Comes in black color family.

www.homedepot.com

 

[Midniteoyl]

After you solder the wires, put some liquid electrical tape on the joint. Let it dry, and then coat it again to be sure. Available at the home depot, (I am sure other places too, from Gardener Bender)

Gardner Bender Black Liquid Electrical Tape 4 oz. LTB-400 - The Home Depot

Insulate and splice electrical wires with the help of this Liquid Electrical Tape designed by Gardner Bender. Comes in black color family.

www.homedepot.com

Works good to keep rodents from chewing wires as well. I used that stuff on all wire not loomed in my Journey to keep the rodents off the wires and it worked pretty good. Too bad it took several harness changes to finally figure out what worked

 

[shovelmike]

Thanks, sliderbuck, for taking the time to post this information. My eMax 22 was built by TYM, whether that's better/worse or a toss up, who knows.

 

[Dadam]

Not sure what all models this affects but from what ive read its a bunch. Mines a 2017 max 26xl. Pull your panels off around the steering column and the right side metal cover. Theres a wiring harness that bends down under the firewall area. Open it up right where it bends. For what ever reason Mahindra used a crimp connection to join a 12v main hot wire here. 3 wires crimped together. This is a common place for water to collect inside the harness also. Gets corroded bad. Cut the crimp out and solder the wires together. If the corrosion gets bad enough you can get into issues with starting. The pic i attached is one i found on another site. Just fixed mine last night. It was corroded bad and full of water.

I am having issues with Mahindra Max 26 XL Starting. Checked all common safety switches and not that. Based on every thing I have been reading I feel its likely wiring/moisture issues. When I turn key to turn on glow plugs I get a different sound and some times nothing and no dash lights or power at all. Battery is brand new and took out all fuses and all good. Tried to restart and made weird sounds again with dash lights flickering. The third try it fired right up like normal. Second time this has happened in the past month. Has to be bad/loss wiring. Does any one have some some pictures of the common wiring trouble spots to check first before I just start tearing in to all the wiring? I do need to check my glow plug connection which I will do tomorrow. Thanks for any insight. I have learned a lot from reading various post on the topic already.

 

[Chad Max]

I am having issues with Mahindra Max 26 XL Starting. Checked all common safety switches and not that. Based on every thing I have been reading I feel its likely wiring/moisture issues. When I turn key to turn on glow plugs I get a different sound and some times nothing and no dash lights or power at all. Battery is brand new and took out all fuses and all good. Tried to restart and made weird sounds again with dash lights flickering. The third try it fired right up like normal. Second time this has happened in the past month. Has to be bad/loss wiring. Does any one have some some pictures of the common wiring trouble spots to check first before I just start tearing in to all the wiring? I do need to check my glow plug connection which I will do tomorrow. Thanks for any insight. I have learned a lot from reading various post on the topic already.

I had the same symptoms. Following forum comments I checked fuses, relays and wiring harnesses, but nothing obvious. Ultimately found that the battery negative connection to frame was corroded and not conductive. Very simple issue and fix, but frustrating intermittent symptoms.

 

[Hay Dude]

Kubota has same issues with their tilt steering column in the M series. Theres a very handy, small foot pedal. You depress it and the steering column tilts up & out of the way to exit the tractor.
Problem is, the years of tilting fracture the wires and have caused fires. There’s plenty of burned M series Kubotas.

 

[Scrambler82]

I am having a problem with my Tach in the Dash Panel of a Mahindra Max28XL.
I just read this post and it sounds like there are problems similar to mine in various tractors.
I don't want to but it loks like the Dash area of the tractor needs to come apart.

Thank you to the OP and all responders.