MF35 Diesel, Electrical Problem

Can anybody tell me where the shutdown fuel switch starter interlock switch is? I've looked briefly, but don't se anything yet that looks like a switch. The service manual doesn't say a thing about electrical as far as I can tell, and the parts manual does better, but I haven't found it yet.

Any other suggestions would also be appreciated.

Thanks!
Chuck

Good Luck.
Sam

As far as I know, You got battery positive to the key, then it goes to the neutral safty switch and then to the starter solinoid.

Test that path, I think that's the way it is on all small Massey diesels.

I've had connection problems at the neutral switch and heard of others on this forum as well.

Good hunting.

As far as I can tell, with the fuel shutoff rod pulled out, with the gear range selector in neutral, turning the key does nothing - no juice to the starter circuit. This suggests there is an electrical interlock associated with the fuel shutoff rod. Maybe not, but sure liiks like it. Like you, I see nothing of the sort - that's why I asked. :)

As far as anything else draining down the battery, neither the headlights nor tail lights are connected, so leaving the lights on is not a possibility. Gauges might be a possibility, and I will check on those. My fuel gauge originally worked, but quit not long after I bought the tractor last year.

As I said in my original post, I jumped the battery from a good and running truck, with still no sign of any juice flowing to the starting circuit. That suggests to me that it's not necessarily the battery since I'd have expected something if the circuit was OK except for the battery - even if just a grunt.

I'll be chasing down the wiring tonight and will try disconnecting everything but what I know has to do with the starter.

Thanks again!
Chuck