L3830 Starting/Running Issue

[clvickers]

I've had some issues in the past with my L3830 where I would get up on her and try to start her. When I turned the Key the engine would turn over but wouldn't stay running <I was hearing a click when I turn the key and another click when it shut down as soon as I let go of the key>. The throttle was pulled all the way back slow when this would happen. If I increased the throttle, then hit the key, the engine start up and run.

Jump forward to tonight. Started tractor and picked up a bale of hay and started backing out of the shed. Heard a click and tractor shut down. Restarted fine, moving again, and Click again... Shut down. It did it one more time before I got it back into the shed.

anyone else see this before???

 

[Bulldog]

I'm just guessing but I would say the click that you are hearing is the electric fuel shut off. They will click as soon as you turn the key on and then click again when you shut them off. That is what yours sounds like to me. I would check the wiring that goes to this and make sure they are connected properly. If the wiring is good the cutoff itself is probably going bad. This is the price we pay to have a engine that shuts off when the key is turned instead of having to pull a fuel cutoff manually.

 

[rmauldin]

I'm just guessing but I would say the click that you are hearing is the electric fuel shut off. They will click as soon as you turn the key on and then click again when you shut them off. That is what yours sounds like to me. I would check the wiring that goes to this and make sure they are connected properly. If the wiring is good the cutoff itself is probably going bad. This is the price we pay to have a engine that shuts off when the key is turned instead of having to pull a fuel cutoff manually.

Just went thru very similar issue. Take fuel shutoff solenoid off and have it bench tested. I did and mine was bad. That little puppy only cost $166.00 from Kubota. Kubota mechanic told me to cut off the plunger rod, and reinstall it. I did and it runs like a dream. Only thing is this bypasses all safety features of when you get off the seat while the engine is running. I took a burn proof rope and tied it to my throttle and ran it thru the dashboard. When I want to turn off the tractor I pull on this and it kills the engine.

 

[Stubbyie]

I like the highly practical 'repair' that's explained involving cutting off the plunger rod and using a pull-rope.

But keep in mind that if you ever need to quickly dismount because the tractor isn't moving fast enough from where you are to where you need to be (think running over a yellowjacket nest) you'll find yourself being chased by the bugs while in turn you're trying to chase and remount the moving tractor to kill it before it crashes.

On an incline even an HST won't hold absolutely still in peddle-neutral.

Decades ago when doing things I should have known better than, I rigged a manual kill-switch using a two-conductor monaural 'non stereo' stereo plug. Wired the setup to short the ignition though the two leads in the female socket with the circuit made complete when the male plug--attached to me by rope--was inserted. If I left, so did the plug, killing the thing.

Be safe in all things.

 

[Breeze]

I'm laughing!

Years ago I bought an early 50's Willis Overland wagon off a guy on the cheap. The fuel pump had given up the ghost so he had strapped a fuel tank to the roof of the interior, just behind the driver seat, and ran a gravity fuel line to the carb. through a hole he had punched in the dash and firewall.

The call these, "Alfred E. Neumam, What Me Worry", repairs.

 

[Bulldog]

I'm laughing!

Years ago I bought an early 50's Willis Overland wagon off a guy on the cheap. The fuel pump had given up the ghost so he had strapped a fuel tank to the roof of the interior, just behind the driver seat, and ran a gravity fuel line to the carb. through a hole he had punched in the dash and firewall.

The call these, "Alfred E. Neumam, What Me Worry", repairs.

Doesn't sound very safe but man it's funny.

People wonder why rednecks get a bad name.