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Old 03-30-2019, 02:40 PM
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Unhappy Gt 1554 pto

So, I messed when changing the drive belt, didn't tighten the pto on enough and when doing a little test drive it wobbled off *face palm*

The bolt is toast, and ripped the wires out of the pto.

Do you guys think I would be able to get into the black box were the wires go and reconnect it? Also need to re tap the threads, looks like only the last 1/4 inch or so that got messed up.
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Old 03-30-2019, 03:20 PM
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First, welcome to OCC ---

Since we are not there, how about some pictures of this situation..??
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Old 03-30-2019, 06:20 PM
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IF you can get that "black box" opened up without doing more damage, you will see that the heavy wires of the connector pigtail attach to very, very fine wires that make up the coil winding. Depending on you level of expertise with wire and soldering you may be able to pull it off. If you can get it done, apply some power and see if you have magnetism. If good, slop a ton of JB Weld or epoxy on your connections to keep them in place so they can never move again and they are sealed from moisture. Bottom line is, your screwed now anyway so what have you got to lose by trying?
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Gotta go to Taryl...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL--UmCfV-4
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Old 04-02-2019, 01:55 PM
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First, welcome to OCC ---

Since we are not there, how about some pictures of this situation..??
Tried but the size limit is pretty restrictive.
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Old 04-03-2019, 03:02 AM
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My test go went well! Its late so dont wanna piss of the neighborhood to much, but everything worked!

Just like in the video, drilled the two the wire's, 1/8 inch or so down, re connected the wires on the PTO pig tail, tested on the battery.. CLICKITY CLACK!!

Borrowed a 7/16-20 tap from work and cleaned up the shaft. Little worried that it wont have a true hold, but time will tell.

Again thanks guys for the info! If there is a better way to post pics of steps I would, but the limited file size I feel wont do the fine detail justice.

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Old 04-18-2019, 02:34 PM
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Ok, i'm sure im going to get some flack for this but it was out of desperation, having a get together this weekend and wanted the lawn looking good.

The fix worked for the first mow (2.5 hours worth ) so i put it away happily thinking the problem was fixed. But this morning the PTO would not engage.

After testing connections it looked like the screws were not getting a good connection anymore. So I dug deeper and got to a bigger chunk of wires and reattached everything. It worked when testing it on the battery, but not with the PTO switch... this is my moment of desperation.

I connected the PTO directly to the battery... and mowed for a short period till everything died, no power. My half a## volt meter is telling me the battery has some volts but maybe not enough??

Did I fry the battery? blow a fuse?

Sure i deserve some butt chewing over this, and will take it.
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You kind of answered your own question.
If the batt-tree is not charging,
and the voltage is low, things don't work as they should.
Might be a good idea to investigate why the voltage is low,
possibly you have a bad battery or it is not recharging as it should while the engine is running
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Old 04-19-2019, 05:23 PM
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You've got a fuse. If it's blown your tractor won't start. If it blew after the tractor was already running, the PTO won't operate via the switch and your battery will receive no charge. Seems like a starting point?
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