Legacy odd electrical issue

[Grasslakeron 0]

Greetings All,

I have a 1999 Legacy. I am having an odd electrical issue. The tractor starts and runs, but all other electrical parts stop working 5-8 seconds after starting. Those same electrical parts (lights, etc...) work again once the engine has stopped and the key is on.

Any insights would be helpful.....THANKS

Ron

[Brettw 1,130]

If left alone, do they come back on again in a few minutes? There is a breaker that will kick in and out if there is a short or overly strong drain somewhere. Otherwise, I would disconnect the harnesses, battery, connections, etc. and clean them up and reassmeble. I have had luck many times with electrical issues simply by cleaning up connections.

[Grasslakeron 0]

The gauges and PTO switch will not come back on until the tractor stops running again.

[Bruker 2]

As mentioned above, disassemble and clean all the electrical connections you can get to. Start with the battery connections and the main ground cable that goes to the tractor frame.

[dentwizz 6]

Disconnect your pto lead and see if it might be shorted. I had to retrofit to resetting breakers on my HB112 for the power clutch since it was tripping so often until I found a coil short.

[simple_stan 0]

Sounds like a bad ground.