Red Square Comes Thru for Me

[dcrage 630]

All the time I have spent reading Red Square came thru for me this weekend

It turned out to not be anything big but ...... -- I was 200 miles away from home doing lawn work (mowing/trimming) around my Dad's farm house this past weekend -- I try to start my 310-8 (just as an aside I can't get my 418-A with the 42" deck onto my 4' X 7' trailer, deck is 2" too wide; guess I need a new trailer with a rear ramp) to finish mowing Saturday PM and nothing (thats never happened in the 20 years I have had this tractor, other than when I blew the 25 amp fuse a couple years ago when I had the dash apart without disconnecting the battery) -- I start to run thru the litiney electrical/starting issues I have read here (selinoid, starter, weak battery, interlocks) and thinking how now I am really going to have to understand some of SOI's tutorials -- But I can hear the clock on the hour meter running and the lights come on, so I think the battery must be OK -- Bang on the selinoid a couple of times to no avail -- Then I decide I want to find the clutch interlock (never seen that switch before) -- I know it needs to be 'working' correctly to start the tractor -- So I pull of the cover plate for the gear shift and see the switch over by the drive belt -- I make sure the wires are well plugged into the switch and then try to get the starter to engage -- Success!!!

Thanks Red Square

[AMC RULES 37,210]

:woohoo: Glad to hear you got it going again.

[kthack657 328]

YAY Red Square Comes Through AGAIN!!! WOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ben06351 19]

Yup I hear ya. You never know when some of this info is going to finally pay off. That and it makes you look cool too... :)

[1maidenfan 202]

Here we come to save the day... :wwp:

Love this site also :woohoo:

[Sparky-(Admin) 23,277]

Thats great! I try to read thru everything not just as an Admin but for the tid-bits of good info that get stuck in my head and hopefully surface when needed like it did for you

Mike.............

[bowtiebutler956 650]

This is an awesome place, and the amount of knowledge that is here, truly is amazing! Go RedSquare!!

Matt :flags-texas:

[neil 2,410]

good to here you got the tractor going again .

So it was well worth every dollar of your subscipton money in joining Redsquare then?

[stevasaurus 23,300]

Excellent Dave...this place has come through for me quite a few times. I too cringe on having to read and understand some of those tutorials. :) :)

[Wheel Horse Kid 105]

I have lost count of how many times RedSquare has come through for me! Always a great place to get good answers!