(ET) E16 drive issues.

[Dean Stuckmann <dstuck lakefield net>]

Hi,
Having some issues with my E16. Once in a while it would make some rapid 
jumps between what seemed like speeds 1 & 2. In rare cases the load was 
heavy enough to drag down the mower deck as well. And once in a while the 
motor would not turn on again, but I could hear the relay clicks like it 
should go. 

Then it lost forward but reverse would still work. Now there is no drive 
at all but again the relays all click. So I started checking things and 
found that there was 36V across the armature in forward and reverse. The 
book says to replace the motor so I started trying some motors out of my 
parts tractors. 

Motor one worked in reverse but had issues on forward speeds. Took the end 
cap off and saw that one of the brushes was cracked and melted the holder.

Motor two ran great in all 3 reverse speeds, but in even the slowest 
forward speed the motor started at a dead crawl and continued to keep 
speeding up to a runaway condition. (The original motor never runaway) Is 
that another motor issue? Or do I have controller issues?

Thanx for your help.


Regards,

Dean A. Stuckmann
5432 Cty U
Newton, WI 53063-9624

920-726-4312
dstuck lakefield net