Re: (ET) E-15 Problem

[David C Robie <mycroftxx1 juno com>]

I would look to everything in the primary battery power circuit.  Have
seen the same (intermittent power, voltmeter not reading sometimes and
dead tractor when main switch turned on) caused by a corroded battery
jumper - also by the main power switch itself being dirty at it's inner
contacts - also, the fusible link at the main power switch having
corrosion or looseness at it's terminals.  Also - look at the connection
(stud)(  inside the kick panel that the big cable from the main switch
goes to. It's on a big contactor.   Also, where the batt pack 'other
side' big cable comes up and goes to a contactor stud.   These get quite
rusty and could be your loss of all power too.
    Cicking contactors are likely the power coming on and going off by
itself with the bad connection.  It should click once when turned on with
the key on, seat switch satisfied and brake off when voltmeter comes up.
(relay RTN behind the dashboard on the plate)

Have you tried looking at the voltmeter while wiggling cables?

BE SURE tranny is in neutral preferably also with a back wheel off the
ground if you do this.  And don't wear a metal banded watch !   Nearly
lost a finger once long ago poking around in a high current low voltage
area wearing a wedding ring.  It got cherry red hot.  Scar almost gone
now 40 yrs later.

Dave
Weymouth MA

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 08:29:04 -0600 (CST) dkrafft bitstream net writes:
> Hey everybody,
> I have had a recent problem with my E-15 that I can't seem to figure 
> out.
> I have had the tractor for about 5 years and it has been trouble 
> free,
> (well aside from rolling it over once and breaking off a battery 
> post, but
> I won't call that the tractors fault). Lately it was not engaging
> ocassionally when you turn on the main power switch. The switch was
> working properly but the main gauge would not read any power and it 
> would
> not power up, but this was intermittant. It would suddenly power up 
> when
> you turned on the switch and work fine again till it happened once 
> more. I
> switched out the speed control thinking this might be it. The result 
> was a
> heavy clicking noise from the contactors whenever the speed control 
> is
> advanced but it does not engage. I had one pin (#2) that had slipped 
> off
> the #1 card but I replaced that, and replaced a pretty burnt up 
> reverse
> relay with a better looking one but that should not have had any 
> effect on
> the problem. Anybody got any other ideas?
> 
> 
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