L2501 tries to turn off when leaning on the seat too much

[dirtydeed]

The wiring for my safety switch on the B2650 is looped to always hold it down and stay plugged in . It's Super handy when standing up to see what my forks are about to plow into.

Ditto. Here's my "fix".

 

[Benhameen]

Mine does the same. At times while mowing with my finish mower I will hop off to grab debris or whatnot and I found that it if I flip the seat up all the way it doesn’t kill the engine. I’m not recommending this but it works for me.

 

[nerwin]

One of the very first things that I do after buying a new tractor is to short-out the OP switch.

Few years ago I found a way to disable the reverse shut off on my zero turn because I have to mow in reverse in a few places. I suppose I can disable the seat safety switch. Wish they would just give you a button. let the people choose haha.

 

[Hugo Habicht]

Hi Nerwin,

Wish they would just give you a button. let the people choose haha.

What you could do is have a switch added in parallel to the seat switch. This way you could choose when you want it. If you want to avoid leaving it accidently in the disabled position you could use a push button with a relay and self holding via a contact. So safety is activated again every time you switch off the tractor. Another NC pushbutton could be added there to be able to enable/disable the safety switch on the fly. If you want I can draw you a wiring diagram.

When I got my (Micky-Mouse) "Tractor" (G1900) I first laughed about all those safety switches. But when I was driving it at full speed for the first time and turned the steering wheel quickly (4 wheel steering) I realised that it is fairly easy to be thrown off the seat and your tractor continuing the direction it was going until the fuel is out or until it hits an obstacle, whatever comes first.

So I decided to repair all the faulty and bridged safety switches and I would not disable them permanently.

Kind regards,
Hugo

 

[whatsupdoc]

On my L3302 if I stand up so no weight is on the seat and just
lightly tough the treadle to slowly inch forward it does not try to cut out, a little more on the treadle and it will cut out.

 

[Trailrated]

Can you post a photo of how you tied it?

Sorry for the delay

The arrow is pointing to zip tie around the white toggle helping to hold it in the down position. That is what tells the tractor if there is an operator in the seat. I also pulled a wire harness over the toggle as well.

 

[biketopia]

Ditto. Here's my "fix".

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Exactly how mine is!

 

[Chanceywd]

Could it be the operator presence switch? It only seems to occur when I am leaning to the right trying to see what I'm doing with the bucket or forks, sometimes the tractor will act like its gonna stall or turn off then when I move back and sit normal it continues to run.

Starting to think me being 160lbs isn't heavy enough for the seat lol. But it's really annoying.

Has this happened to you? Is it the safety switch or something else? Any ideas would be helpful.

I weigh about the same, had the same problem. I didn't defeat the switch but I put a piece of rubber air hose tubing over the lever of it so it was pushed down just a little more. I think with the switch on mine it was 1/4 id tubing but may have been bigger.
Not in front of me and nasty cold out to go look and take a picture.
It has worked for me for 3 years now.

Bill

 

[RCW]

I weigh about the same, had the same problem. I didn't defeat the switch but I put a piece of rubber air hose tubing over the lever of it so it was pushed down just a little more. I think with the switch on mine it was 1/4 id tubing but may have been bigger.
Not in front of me and nasty cold out to go look and take a picture.
It has worked for me for 3 years now.

Bill

What Bill aka @Chanceywd did is the way to do it. Sometimes they just need a little "shim" of some sort to make them more user-friendly.

At 230#+, I'm a little more stout. My seat switch is embedded in the seat cushion. Things got a little twisted around down there over 10 years.

I cut a piece of cardboard to size and slid it in to be on top of the switch pad. Still works as intended.

Same effect as Bill's 1/4" hose. A little bit of a shim.

Works great.

Bill has a Ford "N" series and I have a Minneapolis Moline ZAU. Neither have any safety mechanisms. They can be dangerous if you don't pay attention. I think we both have enough experience to accommodate that.

For a novice, I'd wouldn't suggest bypassing a safety feature. I had my seat switch bypassed for diagnosis and considered leaving it that way.

Didn't want the next owner to get hurt because I bypassed it.....

 

[Chanceywd]

Here is my simple seat switch mod. It measured close to a 3/8 ID tube.

It sticks out a little too so it contacts the metal tab sooner.

Bill

 

[SDT]

Few years ago I found a way to disable the reverse shut off on my zero turn because I have to mow in reverse in a few places. I suppose I can disable the seat safety switch. Wish they would just give you a button. let the people choose haha.

Blame the tort attorneys for the lack of such commonsense solutions.