Re: (ET) ok, not the fusible link

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

Sounds like an open field.  Field wires to motor under tractor or contact
not making at the top (normally closed) leaves of the 'passenger's side'
leaf relay. 

Dave
Weymouth MA




On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:38:52 -0400 (EDT) Michael S Briggs
<msbriggs alberti unh edu> writes:
> 
> Ok, another update - after letting it sit for a few minutes, I was 
> able to 
> get reverse to work, so I could back it around into the garage - 
> forward's 
> a no-go. When I put it in forward, I get power use up to yellow, but 
> 
> nothing happening. It may have been in this same state earlier 
> today, when 
> I thought it was fixed, since the first time I tried using forward 
> was 
> when it cut out and everything stopped working (because of how I had 
> 
> pushed it into the garage last night, I just backed it up out of the 
> 
> garage and onto the yard to start mowing).
>       I'm thinking this is the forward/reverse relay? Hopefully? 
> Of 
> course, how does it explain the issue of keeping the PTO from 
> working? 
> Whatever's going on, whenever I try going forward, there's a 
> substantial 
> current draw - and if I try going forward while the blades are 
> engaged, it 
> seems to act as if it's temporarily tripped a circuit breaker 
> (perhaps. I 
> checked CB-1 though, and it's not tripping that one), since then the 
> 
> blades stop working, and reverse stops working.
>       I ordered a couple spare 36V relays a few days ago 
> (suspecting 
> the forward/reverse relay of being the culprit of the intermittent 
> non-working problem), so one should be here shortly to try out soon.
> 
> Thanks, 
> Mike
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