GC seat safety switch malfunctioning

75H2 · Aug 6, 2010

I have a GC 2300 with 275 hours. The seat safety switch started acting up today when I was mowing. If I moved at all it shut the tractor down. It acted as if I stood up. I mean I couldn't even shift my weight or it would shut off. It's not usable like this. Any Ideas? I have alot of work to do this weekend

Thanks in advance

ray66v · Aug 6, 2010

Well, you have two obvious choices:

1. Do like most of us, and bypass it. (Which is a major safety issue!!!). (I don't want to hear from the safety guys).

2. Replace it.

gc2310 · Aug 6, 2010

I'm surprised that theres still any out there hooked up.

irvingj · Aug 7, 2010

My seat switch is covered by upholstery, which I haven't yet figured out how to remove, but in the parts/service book it appears to be bolted to the underside of the seat pan, held in place with 2 or 3 nuts/bolts. Part # is 6242275M91, "Switch Assembly, Seat". (Guess my seat is the new, fancier version...:laughing

If the switch isn't bad, perhaps the nuts have loosened up?

jaybrad · Aug 7, 2010

ray66v said:
Well, you have two obvious choices:

1. Do like most of us, and bypass it. (Which is a major safety issue!!!). (I don't want to hear from the safety guys).

Same here.

One of the first modifications I did was to take a piece of wire and make a jumper.

That was 2+ years ago and, so far, there haven't been any safety issues.