1660 combine reel wiring UPDATE

MARK ROBKE · Sep 24, 2016

Well,we worked on this today,and figured it out.We had no power to the reel control valve.Found(without a wiring diagram)that the reel control module was not getting any power,and that the feeder house power switch in the cab would lose power to one side(yellow wire)intermittently,and this was the side that fed the module.The power loss was at the fuse,which tested good,but had tarnish on its blade terminals where it plugged in-high resistance=open circuit!Drove us nuts for little while!Mark

Janicholson · Sep 24, 2016

Funky Fuse. Old VW fuses with a strip of fusable metal stretched over a pink ceramic form. Talk about grief. A friends Mercedes had a instrument failure due to a bad fuse contact (cost him 120$ to have it fixed) Jim

fixerupper · Sep 24, 2016

Thanks for filling us in. I wrenched and tried to problem solve on 8 2388's for six years and electrical problems were right up there in the aggravation category. One pin will be partly backed out in a 30 pin plug that is hidden in some inaccessible location, giving an intermittent problem. You can wiggle and tug and push on wires till you are blue in the face and not find it in the morning when the dew is still on and you have the time but as soon as the combine is half way across the field and the temp is 105 degrees it will act up. I did have the wiring diagram which was a blessing, if I could keep the wind from flipping the pages.

Mechanical problems are easy and straight forward, you take it apart and fix it and send it on its way.

Rant over! LOL

1660 combine reel wiring UPDATE

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