B2110 INSTRUMENT PANEL REMOVAL

[freduk]

My B2110 has been sitting out in the rain for a month while I was away and the cover was ripped off. When I try it starts and then dies immediately. I want to check behind the dash for water damage in the electrics but how do I remove the cover. Just stick a screwdriver into the two slots and lever it off? Thanks

 

[Mountainman]

Yes it just pops out. Just be easy you don't want to break the bezel around it. Will it stay running if you hold the keyswitch in the start position? Obviously don't hold it there long just a couple seconds as a test. If so you likely have a key switch failure but it could also be the fuel shutoff solenoid. Pull coil is working but hold coil is not. There are tests you can do on the coil to determine which it is

 

[GreensvilleJay]

I'd disconnect battery and NOT try to start/run the machine until inst panel has been properly dried out, cleaned, inspected. Even a single drop of water in the wrong place can damage electronics.
Mind you I only have 6 decades design-build electronics, 3 of them in the miserable industrial sector so what could I know ?

 

[Mountainman]

I'd disconnect battery and NOT try to start/run the machine until inst panel has been properly dried out, cleaned, inspected. Even a single drop of water in the wrong place can damage electronics.
Mind you I only have 6 decades design-build electronics, 3 of them in the miserable industrial sector so what could I know ?

You have a valid point. In this case the panel is nothing more than a mechanical tach, couple lights and couple analog guages and short of the plastic on the front being cracked are not known for water getting in them. Panel has nothing to do with the tractor starting or running. One could remove panel and let it dry out and still continue testing

 

[rudder35]

This is exactly what WD40 is good for. I would spray all the connections.