Tractor battery issue

[etpm]

I have had similar symptoms on my tractor. I had a bad solenoid. I would try to start the tractor and it acted like a dead battery. So then I would charge the battery and it would start. So I thought it was the battery. What was happening was a coincidence and I thought it was the battery. I finally decided it must be the solenoid when the tractor wouldn't start even with jumpers and I already knew my cables were good as were the connections.
A friend recently also had a similar problem and his problem was the cable. The connection of the cable to the battery clamp was actually loose so that it made intermittent connection. When you fuss with taking the cable off of the battery you could be moving the cable connection around such that it makes contact long enough to start the tractor but then the connection loosens like it did on my friend's truck. Corroded cables can do this. They will corrode inside the insulation where you can't see and you moving the cable around can connect wires that have corroded through.
Eric

 

[garry1p]

New battery and everything you can think of still checks OK!

Exact same thing on a friends JD. I suggested he check the ignition/glow plug switch, a few days later he said "problem solved".
He didn't know how to check the switch so he replaced it for $45 and it has been working ever since.

This happened to me a few years ago, it would also on occasion shut down for no reason and might or might not start back up.

Garry

 

[Redbarchetta]

Thx everyone - went to replace my neg bat cable and it looks like it attached to engine mount post- got the bolt loose but it doesnt seem to come out - if feel dumb

 

[ultrarunner]

No nuts on the back side?

Or maybe the bolt is subject to side forces preventing removal and either the mount needs to be slightly moved/pried and or getting under the head of the bold to lift.

Are you still able to tighten the bolt tight?

 

[Redbarchetta]

New battery and everything you can think of still checks OK!

Exact same thing on a friends JD. I suggested he check the ignition/glow plug switch, a few days later he said "problem solved".
He didn't know how to check the switch so he replaced it for $45 and it has been working ever since.

This happened to me a few years ago, it would also on occasion shut down for no reason and might or might not start back up.

Garry

Mine stays running /. Do you have pic of selonoid and where it is i see the starter

 

[Redbarchetta]

No nuts on the back side?

Or maybe the bolt is subject to side forces preventing removal and either the mount needs to be slightly moved/pried and or getting under the head of the bold to lift.

Are you still able to tighten the bolt tight?

I dont believe so, yes i can tighten it back up - it feels like it has to be pried up but dont want to do the wrong thing - really loose bolt now and doesnt feel like theirs a nut on inside of frame

 

[Little Red Tractor]

Run a jumper cable from the battery to ground. A couple folks have already suggested a ground issue and this will prove it one way or the other.

 

[lacritz]

Kioti CK 25 . Battery was not the problem, there was a 5 Amp fuse on the fire wall with the rest of the fuse holders. supplys power to the starting soloniod. The 5 AMP would come loose and would only get a clicking sound. Reminded me of a bad battery. Reposition the fuse the tractor would start. If the fuse came loose the engine would shut down.
Larry

 

[edells]

Got new batt., but same issue. It will turn over but soon as i turn it off a minute later. Its totally dead no lights dash etc. Sometimes i will get slight power but not enough to start. If i disconnect battery and put terminals back on - i will get power sometimes enough to turn but as soon as I turn it off. I get zero battery again for lts etc To be clear i can sometimes get it too run sometimes not after reconnecting battery. Is this the voltage reg? Key seems to turn fine - where is VR.

I had a 'battery problem' once that drove me crazy. It turned out that the positive cable had heavy corrosion deep inside where you couldn't see it underneath the plastic covering. A new positive cable fixed the problem.

 

[Gord Baker]

Got new batt., but same issue. It will turn over but soon as i turn it off a minute later. Its totally dead no lights dash etc. Sometimes i will get slight power but not enough to start. If i disconnect battery and put terminals back on - i will get power sometimes enough to turn but as soon as I turn it off. I get zero battery again for lts etc To be clear i can sometimes get it too run sometimes not after reconnecting battery. Is this the voltage reg? Key seems to turn fine - where is VR.

You have a huge battery drain somewhere. You might start feeling wiring etc or disconnect any amateur wiring. Sometimes a bad Voltage Regulator can do that but most or all are now solid state built into the Alternator. Try a new Ignition switch.