3000 starter or voltage regulator damage

Am I tracking with you sotxbill and souNdguy correctly?

Thanks again!!

Hookt he solenoid back up but without the start wire on it.. use a jumper to start the tractor.. make sure clutch is blocked / in neutral.. and jumper bat to the small lug.( key on ). if tractor starts and the starter disengages.. then you may have a short inthe start wire fromt he key switch, over to power somewhere.. or the key is wired wrong.

Find that draw on the battery as well... I like to disconnect 1-wire at a time till I find them... you can put a low wattage test lamp inline with the battery hot terminal and the cable, and then start pulling wires.. when the lamp goes out.. you found the offending wire..

soundguy

there should be a wire with a spade lug closer to the engine all by itself. make sure the big wires are not touching this small lug to the inside. remove the small wire off of the spade lug. this is the starter intialization wire... then connect up or touch the battery cable.. if it still cranks,, you have a short inside the seloniod, or the wires on the lugs are touching the wrong places... if the starter doesnt spin with the small inside wire pulled off but does when you put it back, you need to find how the voltage is getting to the small wire.. This wire goes to through neutral safty switch and then up to the ignition switch to the starter lug of the switch.. only when the trans is in neutral does it let the voltage pass through the safty switch.. and then only when the starter switch is in the "start" position... you might have the wire plugged in the wrong place on the back of the ignition switch...

hth... bill