Another bad switch

old · Oct 15, 2022

So I went out to fire up the Case VAC to unhook the rake and then park it in the machine shed for the winter.Turn on the switch and it would not fire up. Checked for spark and had now. Hot wired it and it fired right up. This is about the 4 or 5th switch I have put on it in less then 2 years now.

Janicholson · Oct 15, 2022

Use a Marine grade switch. Jim

old · Oct 15, 2022

I have tried all sorts of switches and all go bad in less then a year. Yes even marine grade ones

Geo-TH,In · Oct 15, 2022

Is it possible dust and dirt is getting inside the switch.
My CPA's ZTR would eat switches in a few mowings.

I took the new switch apart, removed all the crap inside.
Put the switch back together and wrapped the switch with electrical tape, problem solved.

Take the switch apart and see what is causing your problem.

MSD · Oct 15, 2022

Cat 163-2660 ignition switch. Been using one in my pulling G for 5 years with no issues.

4wdtom · Oct 15, 2022

Are the switches failing being made in the land of almost right?

old · Oct 15, 2022

Not sure since now days it can say made in the U.S.A. but if you read the fine print you find there made in the land of almost right

DIM · Oct 16, 2022

After about 3 bad switches I took one apart to see what was wrong. Poor engineering. The switch had 4 contact on one plate should have no more that 3. 3 points determine a plain. If one contact point burn a little short the other point will keep it from making contact. The old Delco switches put springs behind the contact points to make up for shorten contact points.

grandpa Love · Oct 16, 2022

Electrical components typically don't like rain...... That's why my tractors sleep under cover.....

ss55 · Oct 16, 2022

If it is kept outside look into a marine grade switch. Any boat shop will have them or order one online.

tractorguy2 · Oct 16, 2022

I don't think it matters where you buy the switch or if you keep it inside or out. The new stuff is pretty much junk. My 1948 Case SC still has the original magneto kill switch. I redid the lights around 1998. It has had three or four light switches.

504 · Oct 16, 2022

I have lights on the lawnmower,simple off,on switch. Every switch I bought was a Dorman no matter what the package said. I found one at Home Depot that came with the rubber cover and it has held up for two years now .

old · Oct 16, 2022

I have A friend who hunts on my place and he works for a marine place so I called him and he is going to bring me a switch today so maybe this one he brings will work for longer then a few months

old · Oct 16, 2022

Hard to keep them under cover unless you unhook and re hook the equipment over and over again all summer. Hay rake baler etc.

old · Oct 16, 2022

All these have been Dorman that I get at O'Reilly's

Liquid_wrench · Oct 16, 2022

George, I wonder if liquid tape would work to seal a switch.

wore out · Oct 16, 2022

You will have a LOT less electrical and battery problems if you disconnect the battery after shutdown of equipment.

Even more so when it's out in the weather.

Dust and debris that find their way into switches and other electrical components, when combined with any moisture that also finds it's way in create a conductive path to slowly discharge the battery while etching away at switch contacts and other electrical parts.

Geo-TH,In · Oct 16, 2022

Never used liquid tape, but worth a try.
Either dirt is getting into the switch or too much current is passing through the switch are my 2 guesses..

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