Mowing john deere 345 keeps blowing or shorting seat switch relay.

   / john deere 345 keeps blowing or shorting seat switch relay. #1  

raybow1

New member
Joined
Jun 30, 2014
Messages
3
Location
lynden wa
Tractor
john deere 345
Hi all. I have a john deere 345 and it stopped running as I was mowing one day. I Started it back up and when letting the clutch out it would die. I then traced it to the seat switch. I replaced the switch and it started working just fine for about a half an hour. It then shorted the seat switch again. I bypassed with a jumper wire and it blew the fuse. Any ideas? Thanks guys.
 
   / john deere 345 keeps blowing or shorting seat switch relay. #2  
Somewhere between the switch and the relay/fuse, the insulation around the wire is likely either worn or burned away. When pressure or vibration causes the bare spot to touch metal, that's all she wrote.

//greg//
 
   / john deere 345 keeps blowing or shorting seat switch relay.
  • Thread Starter
#3  
Thanks for the reply greg_g. I will go check that out.
 
   / john deere 345 keeps blowing or shorting seat switch relay.
  • Thread Starter
#4  
Thank you Greg. The wire was pinched between the deckstop and the deck adjustment rotor under the floor board and fenders. When the deck was all the way lowered it would pinch and short out. When the deck was raised it would not pinch therefore run fine. Thanks for the help Greg.
 

Tractor & Equipment Auctions

More info coming soon! (A44571)
More info coming...
2018 Bobcat MT55 Mini Skid Steer (A46502)
2018 Bobcat MT55...
AGT Industrial MX12RX Mini Excavator (A43476)
AGT Industrial...
2008 Lincoln Navigator SUV (A46684)
2008 Lincoln...
2008 HOLDEN INDUSTRIES, INC 100 ANTENNA TRAILER (A47001)
2008 HOLDEN...
2009 Freightliner Columbia 120  10-Speed, Mercedes MBE4000, 6x4 (A48561)
2009 Freightliner...
 
Top