Whats wrong? with my 782 PTO

[mames]

I recently bought another 782D and was mowing with it and it quit operating the PTO. If I pull up on the switch and push it forward the PTO would engage, letting off forward pressure and letting it go into it's "locked on" postion in the middle of the switch it will quit running. I bought a new PTO switch and it does the exact same thing. Has anyone else had this type of problem and what was the solution.

 

[mgonitzke]

Clean the connection on the relay. My 782D did that when I got it, and that was the problem.

 

[edale]

This might not be the problem, but if the battery isn't getting a good charge of if the charging system is faulty you could get intermittent power to the PTO, mine is a real power hog. I agree that the relay is most likely your problem tho'

-everett

 

[sgalante]

Mark, This may be a shot in the dark, but I had a problem with my PTO disengaging when I was cutting extremely high grass with my 1512. I believe it was Myron here that told me to check my air gap. This is a link https://www.ihcubcadet.com/cgi-bin/discus/board-auth.pl?file=/22774/88266.html to the post that it was discussed. That solved my problem. I didn't fix it myself, but when I told my dealer to check that gap, he found it to be out of spec, and I haven't had that problem since. Like I said, this may NOT be your problem, but if nothing else seems to fix it, it is worth looking into. I don't have the specs. I left that to my repair place. Hope that helps.

 

[mbounds]

Mark A: When I had the problem with my 782D, I changed the battery, the PTO Switch, and the PTO Relay. It would still die when I released the PTO toggle. Then I disconnected the Seat Switch and put a loop to connect the two wires. VOILA!! Sweet Success!! It was a bad Seat Switch in my case...Check it...

And yes, the air gap will cause it to disengage when HOT or not engage at all, but that's not the toggle problem at the PTO Switch.

Myron B