I have a 2013 B2920 that is giving me starting troubles. The tractor only has 122 hours on it and has been garage kept its entire life (I bought it brand new). Looking around on the internet it seems I am not the first person to have such a problem.
Here is a quick description of what happened. About 4 weeks ago I put my snowblower on and greased everything up good so it would be ready for the first snow. I hopped off the tractor to do something and it quit. This had never happened before. It wouldn***8217;t start when I turned the key. I figured it had something to do with the seat switch since it quit when I got off it. I wiggled some wires and stuff and turned the key a half dozen times or so and it started up. Didn***8217;t think too much of it, I just figured something was in a quirky mood.
A snow storm hit the northeast yesterday and I went to clear the driveway. Tried starting and nothing happened. Again I wiggled some stuff turned the key a few times and it started. All seems good, i clear the driveway (700 feet of it), back the tractor up to the edge of the parking area to clean the snow off before putting it back in the garage. I shut it off so I could clean the blower off as I don***8217;t want to put my hands in places where moving parts turn even though the pto was off. It would not start back up now and spent its first night outside last night and remains there tonight.
I have tried checking the safety switches like everyone says. At least the only two that I know of - the seat switch and the HST pedal switch. I took the seat switch out since I was convinced this was the problem. I tried to bypass it with a wire but it didn***8217;t work. So brought it with me to work and had an electrician check it with a multimeter, it seemed to work fine.
I started looking at the hst switch. It moves in and out like it should and the rod that activates it moves freely. I used a flat head screwdriver to depress it completely and tried starting and still nothing happened. I don***8217;t think there is anything wrong with it.
So I decided to try and jump the starter with a screwdriver by touching the posts simultaneously and all it did was make a spinning sound. Is this normal or should the starter have engaged the engine?
Any input would be great. I apologize for the long post but wanted to say out front what I have done so far.
Here is a quick description of what happened. About 4 weeks ago I put my snowblower on and greased everything up good so it would be ready for the first snow. I hopped off the tractor to do something and it quit. This had never happened before. It wouldn***8217;t start when I turned the key. I figured it had something to do with the seat switch since it quit when I got off it. I wiggled some wires and stuff and turned the key a half dozen times or so and it started up. Didn***8217;t think too much of it, I just figured something was in a quirky mood.
A snow storm hit the northeast yesterday and I went to clear the driveway. Tried starting and nothing happened. Again I wiggled some stuff turned the key a few times and it started. All seems good, i clear the driveway (700 feet of it), back the tractor up to the edge of the parking area to clean the snow off before putting it back in the garage. I shut it off so I could clean the blower off as I don***8217;t want to put my hands in places where moving parts turn even though the pto was off. It would not start back up now and spent its first night outside last night and remains there tonight.
I have tried checking the safety switches like everyone says. At least the only two that I know of - the seat switch and the HST pedal switch. I took the seat switch out since I was convinced this was the problem. I tried to bypass it with a wire but it didn***8217;t work. So brought it with me to work and had an electrician check it with a multimeter, it seemed to work fine.
I started looking at the hst switch. It moves in and out like it should and the rod that activates it moves freely. I used a flat head screwdriver to depress it completely and tried starting and still nothing happened. I don***8217;t think there is anything wrong with it.
So I decided to try and jump the starter with a screwdriver by touching the posts simultaneously and all it did was make a spinning sound. Is this normal or should the starter have engaged the engine?
Any input would be great. I apologize for the long post but wanted to say out front what I have done so far.
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