Turn the key and only get a click sound, 2210D

dieselfume · Jul 16, 2008

I had a 276D that did the same thing for months. I troubleshot every inch of of the ignition circuitry without finding anything wrong. Sometimes click, sometimes instant start. Finally out of frustration I called a dealer. He said, "Oh yeah!, there was a design change. That originally came without an ignition relay. We have a relay retrofit kit that will solve the problem." It did, that was years ago.

Without the relay the full solenoid current was going thru the key switch which really wasn't designed to hande that much current, so the key contacts were burning causing an intermittent bad connection. With an ohmmeter they checked fine but would add just enough resistance under load to not allow the solenoid current to go to full potential.

With the retrofit now the key only turns on the relay and the relay handles all the solenoid current.

Not sure if this will apply to your problem but I would check to see if there is an ignition switch relay.

John47 · Jul 16, 2008

A good test for battery and loose/corroded terminals is for someone to stand in front of the tractor, turn your lights on, turn the starter key. IF the lights stay bright without dimming, you have other problems, ie solenoid etc. IF the lights go out, check battery leads then if cleaning/tightening doesn't do the trick, check the battery or other heavy duty terminals.
Wash your battery terminals with boiling water about every 100 hours, use vaseline on the terminals or one of the proprietary products available on the market.
Your battery is like every other part of your tractor, it needs maintenance.