Tractor just died

[Gator6x4]

I was mowing a field and making a turn and the whole thing just shut down. I now turn the key and I hear a click under the hood but nothing else.

The way it died reminds me of raising off the seat and the kill switch activating.

Any ideas how to test the switch?

John Deere 990

Mowing in a field....Test seat switch???? I think it is time to start crawling around underneath the tractor and find the wire that has been pulled loose.

 

[grsthegreat]

Seat switch test from the 990 manual.

gee, thats completely different than my JD870 was. youd think that they could keep something as simple as a seat switch the same between tractor types in the same company.

 

[grsthegreat]

Mowing in a field....Test seat switch???? I think it is time to start crawling around underneath the tractor and find the wire that has been pulled loose.

mowing = bouncing on seat...could easily affect the switch. its somewheres to start anyways.

 

[JD755]

gee, thats completely different than my JD870 was. youd think that they could keep something as simple as a seat switch the same between tractor types in the same company.

Don't know what to tell you. The factory schematics for all x70 (old and new), 790, and 990 show the same double pole switch with four pin connector. The x55 have a single pole switch with three pin connector. What did your tractor have?

 

[grsthegreat]

mine had a switch with 3 wires. when you sat in the seat, it pushed down the switch and sent the circuit thru on one the 3 wires. If you flipped up the seat and pulled the switch up, it sent current thru the 3rd wire and allowed the PTO to operate with the seat raised and operator on the ground. I know there were only 3 wires cause i had to troubleshoot and replace it once. like i said, very odd. i dont own the tractor anymore or id take a pic of it.

 

[pd444]

Seems this problem might be a couple things.

Short version of one problem-- bad battery. Replaced it and the tractor spins and spins without starting. If the seat switch was stuck in the "I've fallen off the tractor mode" this shouldn't happen. If the seat switch was doing what I expect it to be doing, I should be able to spin the starter--which I can.

Checked the fuel and there's plenty.

So my take if you remove the battery from the equation: I'm mowing along and something causes the tractor to just die. Try to start it and everything sounds normal but it won't turn over.

For grins I'm headed to test the seat switch. Will check back soon as I need it fixed yesterday.

Thanks for all the brain-storming.

 

[pd444]

So much for it being fixed today.

Just discovered the yellow jacket hole 20 feet away from the tractor as I was headed to check the seat switch.

3 stings later I'm waiting till dark to dispatch them.

 

[danedgington]

I was going to suggest the battery first. My 2210 did that drivbing up the driveway it just quite and would do nothing....after checking every safety and switch it ended up just being a failed battery.

Since you had a failed battery and now it spins and doesn't run, I would check fuses..might have popped one off running a fuel pump or fuel shut-off solenoid and now you have a no-fule condition (if it spins at speed and no ignition)./

Dan

 

[pd444]

3 stings....3 amp fuse. Glad it wasn't a 30 amp!

(3 amp fuse for the control panel, problem fixed.)

 

[greasemonkeyok]

Fuses don't blow for no reason.