L3400 HST stopped moving

[hasbean]

Today, while doing some brush hogging, my L3400 hst just stopped moving. The engine works, the fel works, the pto works. It just stopped moving (PTO was off at the time). I'm not a handy guy, but somehow this seems like it should be easy enough to diagnose (not by me) and fix (by me) to avoid the cost of a house call. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Hasbean

 

[Taiser]

Might sound a bit retarded but did you by chance hit the gear selector lever and knock it out of gear? Don't take much, just a hair off sometimes and it's dead in it's tracks...ask me how I found that out!

 

[hasbean]

Yep. (Red-faced. S***, I am an idiot!) Thanks.

 

[Egon]

Now that must have been a relief!

 

[wushaw]

We all make mistakes real simular.

 

[hasbean]

It was a relief. Embarassment is cheaper than a service call. I knew it had to be something easy and obvious, but frustration got in the way of seeing it...

 

[dodge man]

Don't feel bad. I had a freind that was a locksmith. They offered a service where they would unlock your car, 24 hours a day. He went to unlock a car on a weekend, and sure enough the keys were hanging in the ignition. Problem was, passenger side window was open. That one was easy.

 

[Taiser]

HA, I jostled my 1/4 inching valve once and it was open just a hair...caused the loader to lose all down pressure force. Went to the dealer, he was stumped, told me to bring it in. Came on here and asked what could be up with it and of course somebody on here had had the same problem, told me about the lever (never could have noticed it had even moved) and problem solved. I bet that saved me a couple of hundred bucks right there, just by posting here!

Then a while later I also lost all movement of the tractor, like you, and guess what was the first thing to check...you betcha, watch them levers!

 

[RadarTech]

you know--levers o levers.. how tricky and scary they can be...

a few weeks ago, I was going down one of my hills.. full bucket of dirt.. dragging a box blade to smooth the gravel..
set on cruise control.. and I was wearing real heavy and thick gloves.

Went to move the cruise control.. and when I did I knocked the HST outa gear...
and pucker factor went beyond measure..
now that was my bad experience..

Later,
J

 

[dglenn1983]

I have done that quite a few times,, l3400 owner