My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap

   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap #1  

vanguard

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Location
Raleigh, NC
Tractor
2014 Kioti DK45SE
Over the last week or two sometimes when I turn the key my DK45SE makes a very slight click but doesn't engage the starter. It's the same symptom I'd have if I tried to start it with the PTO on or the tractor not in neutral. Normally I fiddle with the shifters and try a few more times until it fires up. I can't tell you if it was the extra turns of the key or the fiddling with the shifters but it would eventually start after a few tries.

Today it won't start at all.

I made a short video that shows the problem:


It's under warranty but if it's a simple fix I'd love to just handle it. The darn thing just happens to have a 1,000 lbs counter weight on the back so I'd like to avoid trying to get it to the dealer somehow.

Edit: This is solved now.
 
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   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap #2  
It sounds like one of the safety switches has been acting up and finally bit the dust. Make sure the tractor is in neutral then try jumping across the starter with a screw driver and see if it starts. Warning this is not a osha recommend practice, and all the liability is on you if you try it.
 
   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap #4  
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   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap
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Well, I fixed it. It was the relay that I put my finger on in the video.

I've actually spent a fair amount of time turning wrenches on cars but something about it being a tractor and being a diesel made me doubt my normal trouble shooting process. Anyway, after this thread I got back out there and thought, "Well, power gets to the relay so this might be a good place to start."

$10 at autozone and the problem is solved.
 
   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap #7  
I am a day late and a dollar short:D

Glad you got it going..
 
   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap #8  
The starting price has been raised. Now you need and extra quarter in the coin slot. I REALLY like the video presentation format for a diagnostic question. It sure eliminates all the issues(s) about what the symptoms are due to...

Nice delivery !
 
   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap #9  
So - I didn't think in this day and time you could start a tractor , lawn mower , car, with out setting in the seat and your foot on the clutch . In the vid. your helper is not setting in the seat . Are you shure that's not the case ?
 
   / My tractor won't start and I could really use some help asap #10  
So - I didn't think in this day and time you could start a tractor , lawn mower , car, with out setting in the seat and your foot on the clutch . In the vid. your helper is not setting in the seat . Are you shure that's not the case ?

On the DK series. As long as the range shifter is in neutral she will start. No seat switch, and there is no clutch on the tractor.
 

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