1998 314 -8

[chev0545 234]

 when you go to put in gear the motor shuts off.   

thanks

[953 nut 56,838]

Is your PTO lever pulled back toward you?

[chev0545 234]

yes

[The Tuul Crib 7,338]

Seat switch?

[Handy Don 13,129]

Gotta be a short or open circuit somewhere.

 

Losing power to the coil: A wire grounding out (or being disconnected) when the clutch is depressed or the shift lever is moved? Follow the wire(s) from the "+" terminal on the coil back toward the ignition switch. One of them is being grounded or broken or a connection is failing.

 

Losing a good ground: Follow the wires from the negative terminal of the battery and make sure they are well-connected.

 

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,187]

Two neutral relays on this model

 

[grinchsr 638]

With that model if your parking brake is on and you try to put in gear it will shut down.   I have the same machine

[WVHillbilly520H 10,376]

1 hour ago, grinchsr said:

With that model if your parking brake is on and you try to put in gear it will shut down.   I have the same machine

I know this is a gear drive version, but they have the same safety/interlocks on the Hydro version, not only that if the shifter/motion control is in anything other than "nuetral" and got off the seat it will shut down a well, there's another thread asking how to stop/shut down and older tractor with it running, if getting off and accidentally bumping the shifter lever.

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 11,187]

Added the ignition switch to the colored wiring diagram above and refined it a bit.

There is also a service bulletin that may apply to the problem.

Garry