Occasionally when I attempt to start the diesel engine the starter clicks but doesn’t engage. Battery is fully charged. when it clicks you can feel the starter trying to engage. I’ve replaced the starter with no luck. Sometimes if you roll the starter motor sprocket with your finger or screwdriver and try it again it will engage. When the starter works it seems to operate fine. The problem may occur whether the engine is cold or warm and in cold or warm weather. Electrical connections all seem good. Any suggestions Are appreciated.
G1800 intermittent starter operation
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The battery is charged. Fine. how old is the battery? Is it possible you only have a surface charge? You may wish to have the battery load tested. From there I'd clean the battery terminals and the connectors on the cables. Tighten the connectors securely on the battery. Follow the ground cable to the frame. Clean and tighten.
There may be a start circuit relay between the key-switch and the starter solenoid that has burned points. I ran into this on my M4700 and chased safety-switches and battery and wiring and starter motor and starter solenoid and range-lever switch …and on and on ad nauseum…. until I discovered this starter relay. I took it apart, filed the points and it worked better for a couple weeks then gave trouble again.
I found out Kubota gets a ridiculous price for this relay and installed a common automotive 40A relay instead and have had absolutely NO PROBLEMS since. I’ll try to find that post and provide a link:
Here’s the link with pics where I solved the problem (be certain to scroll-back and begin at Post #1)….but Post #6 shows my solution):
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I found out Kubota gets a ridiculous price for this relay and installed a common automotive 40A relay instead and have had absolutely NO PROBLEMS since. I’ll try to find that post and provide a link:
Here’s the link with pics where I solved the problem (be certain to scroll-back and begin at Post #1)….but Post #6 shows my solution):
Another No starter rotation thread
My M4700 is a pretty simple tractor...or so I thought... Only one safety switch activated by the range-lever (the forward-Reverse-Low-High selection lever) on this DT (manual transmission.). The neutral start safety switch is kind of troublesome to get to... and that was my suspicion because...
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Roadworthy. Thanks but I tried connecting a strong battery pack to no avail. I also jumper cabled from starter housing to negative battery post to insure a good ground and that didn’t help.
First check all the safety switches. (brake, PTO, etc). Failing that understand Kubota has a strange way of running the wiring. Everything runs from the "ign" switch then to the safety interlocks, finally to the starter relay/solenoid. Had the same issue with my G2160. Was driving me nuts tracking everything down. I finally fixed it by adding a relay in the starter circuit. I get strong start first time every time. Look at this thread or search for anything else by me on the subject
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