First time posting - thanks in advance for any advice.
Have a 2010 L3200 with a little over 500 hours on it. Bought it new. Machine was working fine, and with no warning, tractor would start normally, go a foot or two, and die. The machine has four safety switches that I know of: PTO, clutch, seat, and neutral safety switch working with the forward/reverse pedal.
I could relate the comedy sketch where the old switch came completely apart with little pieces flying this way and that and landing in grass, but I'll skip it.
The new switch was on order anyway. Arrived today. I failed to note the depth of the plunger relative to the mounting bracket (I had already been experimenting with it), but placed it about midway and it started, but still died when the pedal was depressed going forward or backward.
Remembering another thread on this subject from this forum, I screwed the switch 1.5 turns farther in (increasing contact with the control lever attached to the pedal). That resulted in the tractor going farther before it died. If a little's good, a lot's better, so I ended up taking the nut that holds the switch stationary off the switch and maxing out the depth setting, moving the "lock nut' to the other side of the mount. That resulted in being able to actually drive the tractor as long as I want, provided it isn't over 2.5 mph.
I'm doing something wrong, or perhaps the pedal needs adjustment. Open to suggestions or epiphanies. I'm not opposed to jumping it, but the four poles give me great pause. Anyone knowing the proper factory position of the switch relative to the mount would be helpful, but I'm ready to believe there is a second reason this new switch isn't fixing the problem.
Ray on the Osage Reservation
Have a 2010 L3200 with a little over 500 hours on it. Bought it new. Machine was working fine, and with no warning, tractor would start normally, go a foot or two, and die. The machine has four safety switches that I know of: PTO, clutch, seat, and neutral safety switch working with the forward/reverse pedal.
I could relate the comedy sketch where the old switch came completely apart with little pieces flying this way and that and landing in grass, but I'll skip it.
The new switch was on order anyway. Arrived today. I failed to note the depth of the plunger relative to the mounting bracket (I had already been experimenting with it), but placed it about midway and it started, but still died when the pedal was depressed going forward or backward.
Remembering another thread on this subject from this forum, I screwed the switch 1.5 turns farther in (increasing contact with the control lever attached to the pedal). That resulted in the tractor going farther before it died. If a little's good, a lot's better, so I ended up taking the nut that holds the switch stationary off the switch and maxing out the depth setting, moving the "lock nut' to the other side of the mount. That resulted in being able to actually drive the tractor as long as I want, provided it isn't over 2.5 mph.
I'm doing something wrong, or perhaps the pedal needs adjustment. Open to suggestions or epiphanies. I'm not opposed to jumping it, but the four poles give me great pause. Anyone knowing the proper factory position of the switch relative to the mount would be helpful, but I'm ready to believe there is a second reason this new switch isn't fixing the problem.
Ray on the Osage Reservation
