Snowblower Irritating behavior

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Mid winter, in the middle of clearing my road of snow with my JD1023E/snow blower combo, I went to back up, and the engine died. Typically, previously, I'd just raise the blower and back up with no adverse consequences . . . I called the service department at the dealership where I bought this tractor who explained that there is a sensor on the forward end of the PTO shaft that prevented backing up the tractor with the implement in operation. He advised that the engine shutoff could be over-ridden by holding the ' engage ' switch up when in reverse. Yes, that works, but it's a bit of a PITA . . . So my question(s) is ( are ): Was the tractor operating normally before this shutoff condition arose? If the shutoff is a malfunction, how do I repair it? ( I did locate the connector from the wiring harness to the ' sensor ' at the PTO shaft and wiggled it to no avail ) How can I over-ride this nuisance sensor so that I don't have to pull up on the engage switch in order to avoid the engine dying when I go into reverse?

The 1023 and 1025 are basically the same. Correcting the irritation you are experiencing is not that difficult. This information is providing for educational purposes only. The information is not being provided as a how to bypass a safety switch. John Deere 125r PTO/RIO bypass, how to disable pto/rio ... - Bing video