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?
