Wireing set up on a john deere 111

Brewmaine · May 14, 2012

Is there anyone with a John Deere 111 that could do me a favor I need a few photos taken of how your wiring set up looks to compare with mine to see what I'm doing wrong. Im not getting any voltage on the side of the solenoid going to the starter and I already replaced it so I think my connections may be messed up

Eric Barney · May 14, 2012

Starters are wired as follows:
Bat+ cable to large terminal on solenoid. (Live always)
Switched + from ign switch is small wire (Live in start position on ign switch)
2nd large wire/terminal to motor. (Live only when solenoid is energized, causes starter motor to spin over engine.)

Brewmaine · May 15, 2012

Thanks I found where the problem was. The person I bought it from had replaced the seat and seeing the new seat didn't use the shut off feature he left the plug under the tractor just dangling leaving the whole wiring circuit broken until I tried putting a jump wire on the two wires in that plug closing the circuit. Then tried it and it started right up.