John_Mc
Elite Member
- Joined
- Aug 11, 2001
- Messages
- 4,505
- Location
- Monkton, Vermont
- Tractor
- NH TC33D Modified with belly pan, limb risers & FOPS. Honda Pioneer 520 & antique Coot UTV
For some time, I could not start my tractor with the range selector in the neutral position between 1st and 2nd range, but the other neutral worked normally. Today, it stopped working all together. Fortunately, it waited to fail completely until after I got the tractor home from an afternoon of working in the woods on the far end of my property.
So it appears I need to adjust or replace the Transmission Range Safety Switch. The service manual suggests to "remove the left rear tire assembly for easier access to the switch." The tractor is on soft ground, so jacking it up to remove the tire may be a little tough, but I could probably manage it. The rear tires are filled, which makes dealing with them a bit of a chore.
Has anyone here adjusted or replaced the switch? Can it be done without removing the rear tire, or am I wasting my time and just need to bite the bullet and remove the wheel?
Things are supposed to warm up tomorrow, so I hope to get in to this before the rains come this weekend (or course, the tractor is parked right under the drip line of both the garage and the house roofs.
So it appears I need to adjust or replace the Transmission Range Safety Switch. The service manual suggests to "remove the left rear tire assembly for easier access to the switch." The tractor is on soft ground, so jacking it up to remove the tire may be a little tough, but I could probably manage it. The rear tires are filled, which makes dealing with them a bit of a chore.
Has anyone here adjusted or replaced the switch? Can it be done without removing the rear tire, or am I wasting my time and just need to bite the bullet and remove the wheel?
Things are supposed to warm up tomorrow, so I hope to get in to this before the rains come this weekend (or course, the tractor is parked right under the drip line of both the garage and the house roofs.