Using as backhoe only yesterday digging slowly around an old house site looking for artifacts for 4 hours. Dig a little , get off and switch key off from standing on ground, remove rocks and pick up items, only moved machine 2x with hoe - tractor in neutral. Turn the key from ground and repeat.
At end of day turned key and absolutely nothing electrical. No lights on dash and wouldn't turn over. Went and got M6800 to jump it. Removed battery clamps and checked & brushed clean - but weren't dirty.
Let M6800 run on it 15 minutes and then a little battery power to run dash lights, but wouldn't even try and start.
Brought battery back to barn to put on slow charge for the night.
Going back out now to put battery back in and try it. Maybe a bad cell in battery? No indications of any prior slow starting.
This is a warm weather tractor and sits in the barn all winter, so few hours are only backhoe use.
Ive read other L2501 threads that seem to be mostly HST tractors or PTO switch issues with starting problems.
At end of day turned key and absolutely nothing electrical. No lights on dash and wouldn't turn over. Went and got M6800 to jump it. Removed battery clamps and checked & brushed clean - but weren't dirty.
Let M6800 run on it 15 minutes and then a little battery power to run dash lights, but wouldn't even try and start.
Brought battery back to barn to put on slow charge for the night.
Going back out now to put battery back in and try it. Maybe a bad cell in battery? No indications of any prior slow starting.
This is a warm weather tractor and sits in the barn all winter, so few hours are only backhoe use.
Ive read other L2501 threads that seem to be mostly HST tractors or PTO switch issues with starting problems.