NLO
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Hello - I'm new to this forum and I hope someone knows my tractor's problem and solution.
My 4310 eHydro works great moving around the property working the loader and minor mowing and such, but once I start doing heavy mowing of the hilly pasture after about 30 to 40 minutes the tractor just stops in place. Pressing the forward and reverse pedals does nothing at that point. All hydraulics still work fine including the loader and PTO - but it just won't move. When I turn it off and let it sit for several hours it returns to normal and works again. If I return to the tractor only after an hour or two it might try to move slightly then stops again. This has happened 4 times now. I changed the suction side filter as the manual says may be the reason but it didn't help. I was told by a friend that perhaps the hydraulic fluid is foaming and it just takes several hours to settle out to be able to run the transmission. However, I just changed the fluid yesterday and it happened again last night. This morning it is back to normal with no codes flashing. When it first happened and stopped moving last night I believe 3 codes where flashing (L-S-L-L ; S-S-S-S ; another code I didn't get written down) but about 1 hour later when still not moving only one code flashes (L-S-L-L). I think it acts like the seat switch is failing but I don't know enough to understand if that is possible given it goes back to normal. I'm not a tractor mechanic and do not have much knowledge about how to fix the tractor. I'm nervous because when I've told a couple of local service techs these symptoms at different stores they had not heard of this (though I didn't tell them the flashing codes because I hadn't yet noticed them until last night). Thank you for your time..
My 4310 eHydro works great moving around the property working the loader and minor mowing and such, but once I start doing heavy mowing of the hilly pasture after about 30 to 40 minutes the tractor just stops in place. Pressing the forward and reverse pedals does nothing at that point. All hydraulics still work fine including the loader and PTO - but it just won't move. When I turn it off and let it sit for several hours it returns to normal and works again. If I return to the tractor only after an hour or two it might try to move slightly then stops again. This has happened 4 times now. I changed the suction side filter as the manual says may be the reason but it didn't help. I was told by a friend that perhaps the hydraulic fluid is foaming and it just takes several hours to settle out to be able to run the transmission. However, I just changed the fluid yesterday and it happened again last night. This morning it is back to normal with no codes flashing. When it first happened and stopped moving last night I believe 3 codes where flashing (L-S-L-L ; S-S-S-S ; another code I didn't get written down) but about 1 hour later when still not moving only one code flashes (L-S-L-L). I think it acts like the seat switch is failing but I don't know enough to understand if that is possible given it goes back to normal. I'm not a tractor mechanic and do not have much knowledge about how to fix the tractor. I'm nervous because when I've told a couple of local service techs these symptoms at different stores they had not heard of this (though I didn't tell them the flashing codes because I hadn't yet noticed them until last night). Thank you for your time..
