Thank you OTT contributors- you solved my blown main fuse problem

[BudGoat]

My two decade plus old Kubota L3240 HST broke down in a steep canyon where I had to abandon it for a week. I wanted to avoid the expense of paying for a Kubota technician’s field service trip to trouble shoot it. I read on this forum about others with a chronic blowing of the main 50 amp fuse. I learned here that I can bench test the four relays under the instrument bezel. Many You Tube videos for that. The relays all checked out fine. Next I read a post where mice had ate through some wires causing the main fuse to blow. After searching along the wiring loom I found and repaired the rodent damage about 3 inches off the positive battery cable on a secondary wire. Some models have a fusible link at that location but mine appeared to just be a plug-in connector.

 

[D2Cat]

Bud, good that you got it solved. You're an unusual breed. You do some searching and come up with an answer to your problem, then come on here thanking for the discovery. Quite the opposite for most!

That xx40 series tractors are excellent, and the last of the GOOD ones.

 

[Henro]

Bud, good that you got it solved. You're an unusual breed. You do some searching and come up with an answer to your problem, then come on here thanking for the discovery. Quite the opposite for most!

That xx40 series tractors are excellent, and the last of the GOOD ones.

I agree with you D2Cat except that I think I would change the word most to SOME.

I do remember quite a few posters coming back reporting success from the help they got, and expressing appreciation.

Also remember those who never came back after getting help...

 

[D2Cat]

My reference was to Bud searching for a solution without first coming to the forum and asking. MOST seem allergic to doing very much searching. It's easier to just ask for an answer.

And some do come back and report how they accomplished their task. That's a big benefit to others in the future that many don't consider (but to only those who search!).