TC 35 Died last night...

[jinman]

Doug, I believe if the PTO is engaged (or the tractor thinks it is) or if the tractor is in gear the engine will not crank. All these things are controlled by switch closures under the left operator's platform by the brakes or between the wheel and the seat. You need to look behind the left step at the brake pedals and parking brake to see if something has come loose and/or the switches are out of adjustment. I believe you can see the PTO switch better from behind the tractor looking up between the wheel and the transmission. If you can get someone to move the levers while you watch, it really helps.

The transmission switch is on the side of the transmission, so make sure it hasn't come loose.

Since you say your PTO light is ON, I doubt the transmission switch is malfunctioning. It's probably a misadjusted PTO switch or a broken wire.

What happens when these interlocks shut the tractor down is the tractor will not turn over and/or the fuel shutoff solenoid is deenergized. Once the problem is located, it will be a simple solution. The hardest part is finding it. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

 

[the_ironhsmn]

is your tractor a tc35/tc35d or a tc35a/tc35da? either way your PTO safety switch is disconnected- if its past a certain serial number d you have 2 safety switches in the transmission case just in front of the right rear axle- each switch has to wires coming from it. if the lower switch wires are not visibly apart the pull them both apart and re-connect them. they have very long boot on them so it is not always visible at first.

 

[DVerbarg]

One other possibility for what might be wrong (assuming that your new Class III Boomer acts the same as my 4+ year old unit).

If the battery is sufficiently worn down there will not be enough power to turn the starter but the current will be enough to blow a fuse or trip a circuit breaker. On the older units (my TC40's era) these were fuses. I believe that NH converted this particular fuse to a CB a couple years ago but that is heresay on my part; others here would probably know more.

If the PTO light is on, PTO is off and the starter will not turn I always check my fuse first.

 

[DocHeb]

Has your tractor joined the "undead" yet?

 

[DougU]

Hi everyone and thanks for the help. Here's what happened-

Somehow the wire underneath the seat connecting the safety switch came undone. It was late at night when it happened and I couldn't see that. That is why the tractor died, but would start when the parking brake was activated. That's also why when I put it in gear and released the brake, it died again.

I reconnected the wire and it still wouldn't start. PTO light was still "on" the console. Pulled instrument cluster to get at the fuse box. The 7.5 amp fuse for the PTO was blown. Not sure what caused that, but put in new fuse and everything works great!

Happy ending and my 35 is humming along again. Thanks!

 

[jinman]

WOW! Most of us only have one of those problems at a time, but you got "lucky" and got two of the problems at once. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Now I wouldn't want you to do anything "unsafe" and jumper around your seat switch all the time like I did. But if you were gonna do it, it would look just like the attached photo. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[have_blue]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Now I wouldn't want you to do anything "unsafe" and jumper around your seat switch all the time like I did. But if you were gonna do it, it would look just like the attached photo. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif )</font>

What a coincidence. The jumper I don't use looks exactly like that. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

My dealer didn't see the non-existent jumper either. I know that because he told me "I didn't see that".

 

[brad_oatley]

Pulled instrument cluster to get at the fuse box.

Is that neccesary?

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( What a coincidence. The jumper I don't use looks exactly like that. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif )</font>

...and you never stand up on your tractor and take your seatbelt off either. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif I know a guy who used to have a TC29 and he'd hook a chain to a tree, start the tractor pulling, and then get off and take a break. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

You don't know that guy do you? /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Hey, Brad_Oatley, check out the attachment. You have to take out the instrument cluster, but it's easy as pie. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[tc35dforme]

Jim...keep scanning...pretty soon we'll have that whole manual in digital form !!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif