john deere 3520 wont start.

[burnpile]

I did remove and clean both connections, at the battery, the ground to the engine, and the positive to the starter, pretty sure its a loose connection in the dash. The repair guy is here today between 9am and 11am to start fixing it. He also going to do a major? service on the engine and the hydraulic system.

 

[wtstarters]

Seems everybody has a pressure washer these days. Things that never got wet or rusted before, now do. I usually load test the battery and clean the terminals & cable ends (both ends), check the positive cable on the starter solenoid, neg cable end wherever it fastens. If that doesn't help use one leg of a jumper cable set and fasten it to the neg battery terminal, fasten the other end to a clean bolt on the starter. This will bypass any bad ground connection between the battery and the starter.

 

[Williy]

When you lift one end of the cable ohm it that way you
will know the cable is good and not rotted out in the middle
and when finished with cleaning cables put some dielectric
grease on the ends it will save you a lot of head aches

willy

 

[hummertom]

Chk the wiring to the back of the start switch, there should be 1 main wire in and a bunch out. Also check the relays that plug in to the fuse/distribution panel.

 

[burnpile]

After a lot of head scratching he found that one of the terminals had come un plugged from the back of the fuse panel, everything works now, $1400 later. He did also change the oil and air cleaner and did a routine check and lube on all points.

 

[Gregster613]

After a lot of head scratching he found that one of the terminals had come un plugged from the back of the fuse panel, everything works now, $1400 later. He did also change the oil and air cleaner and did a routine check and lube on all points.

Thanks for the final follow-up to conclusion. Often that is left unanswered by op. Glad all is fixed now.