bayoublue
Bronze Member
TC35D won\'t start
I took a few days off to play on my tractor which is located on 5.25 acres about an hour from my home. When I tuned the key ....nothing.....I turned my signal lights on ...they worked. I tuned my headlights on ...did'nt work. I opened the hood & discovered that there was no water in the battery...took it out..brought it home filled it with distilled water and charged it for a couple of days. I brought the battery back, installed it, tuned the key...nothing. Now I'm thinking of all the things that it could be and how I am mechanically challenged and how much money is it going to cost me if I can't fix this thing myself....is it the safety switch under the seat, the brake switch, the ignition switch, the starter???? The closest mechanic is an hour away and charges $62.50/hr!! I gather my tools, drive back to the dealer, question their mechanic, go home, get on the internet....TBN, search for all the threads that deal with a tractor not starting and drive back to the tractor armed with a voltmeter and a test light. After checking, it was'nt my starter so I opened the panel under the steering wheel and there it was ....a huge mouse nest. I cleared it away to find that the wire that goes to my starter was eaten....I spliced a small piece of wire, tuned the key and it STARTED. So I thank my dealer & TBN for all of their information which has now given me more confidence!
I took a few days off to play on my tractor which is located on 5.25 acres about an hour from my home. When I tuned the key ....nothing.....I turned my signal lights on ...they worked. I tuned my headlights on ...did'nt work. I opened the hood & discovered that there was no water in the battery...took it out..brought it home filled it with distilled water and charged it for a couple of days. I brought the battery back, installed it, tuned the key...nothing. Now I'm thinking of all the things that it could be and how I am mechanically challenged and how much money is it going to cost me if I can't fix this thing myself....is it the safety switch under the seat, the brake switch, the ignition switch, the starter???? The closest mechanic is an hour away and charges $62.50/hr!! I gather my tools, drive back to the dealer, question their mechanic, go home, get on the internet....TBN, search for all the threads that deal with a tractor not starting and drive back to the tractor armed with a voltmeter and a test light. After checking, it was'nt my starter so I opened the panel under the steering wheel and there it was ....a huge mouse nest. I cleared it away to find that the wire that goes to my starter was eaten....I spliced a small piece of wire, tuned the key and it STARTED. So I thank my dealer & TBN for all of their information which has now given me more confidence!
