Won't start (very strange)

[Steven Jeffries]

The battery is new. The B7800 recently came back from the shop (new transmission) maybe 2 hours on it since the new transmission. It started and I drove it out of the barn to start mowing. I completed one pass. and decided to raise the discharge shoot (mid-mount mower) so it will not clog . I disengaged the mower, turned off the tractor, now it won't start. There she sits, in the middle of the field.
Suggestions?

 

[jimh406]

Are you sure the PTO or MidPTO is disengaged all of the way?

 

[D2Cat]

As Jim indicated you have a safety switch holding you up.

 

[Mountainman]

Can you explain more about the no start? As in nothing when you turn the key or engine is cranking but not starting? Like others said most likely a safety switch issue but could be a different problem if its cranking but not starting

 

[Shadetree605]

i'll chime in as well, right along with everyone else above^^^^, the pto lever is not quite in the correct spot to start your tractor. it does indeed have a safety switch on the pto lever that is keeping you from cranking it over. move the pto lever back and forth a little as you turn the key, sooner or later it will crank over. i ran across this very same issue right after i got my used b2100 within a day or two. sure enough, after messing with the pto lever, it finally cranked right up. also, some of these models have a clutch safety switch, and a seat presence safety switch, if either one of these does not make contact right ?, it won't crank over and start.

 

[fried1765]

The battery is new. The B7800 recently came back from the shop (new transmission) maybe 2 hours on it since the new transmission. It started and I drove it out of the barn to start mowing. I completed one pass. and decided to raise the discharge shoot (mid-mount mower) so it will not clog . I disengaged the mower, turned off the tractor, now it won't start. There she sits, in the middle of the field.
Suggestions?

Perhaps your problem may actually be with the "discharge shoot" .....chute?