Tractor wont drive or engage electric clutch.

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May 30, 2006 - Hydro-Gear Transaxle:218-3010L I got this tractor as part of the deal when I ... After spraying the heck out of it and pressing the brake pedal down several ... I pull on the handle in the back and it moves the lever but still won't move. ..... while in the air and turning the wheels with the transmission engaged? mtd lawn tractor wont pull hills
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It is to supply power the electric clutch that drives the mower deck.
If not functioning then the switch, PTO clutch, or wiring is not working properly. Note on some ZTRs when both handles are in reverse then electric clutch is disengage for safety.

Sounds very strange but i would guess either a micro switch or one of the relays behind the dash.

Have you looked beneath the deck with someone engaging or disengaging the blade lever? Get underneath and observe how the belt travels from the engine pulley back, and follow it in the loop it travels to see how it works with the lever engaged and disengaged.

These John Deere Garden Tractors have a RIO (Reverse Implement Option) on the PTO. If your PTO is engaged and you back up, the PTO will automatically stop. To reset it, depress your PTO engagement switch to the OFF position. Take your foot off the reverse pedal. Pull up on the PTO engagement switch. The PTO should restart. To use the RIO feature, pull up on the PTO switch for a second or two just before you step on the reverse hydrostatic pedal. The yellow RIO indicator light should come on your dashboard and you can now back up with the PTO still running. Works great for snow blowing when I don't want to keep resetting my electric PTO clutch to keep restarting my snow blower.

If your PTO will not restart, you may have a PTO switch starting to fail, or a likely logic problem in your electric PTO control module, or one of your forward/reverse indicator switches, which is linked to your PTO control module along with the overtemp circuit, is stuck/faulty.

check the fuse then see if theres power to the clutch is there a bad safety switch does the mower shut off if you get off the seat when the blades are turned on(that will test one of the safety switches)

I own a similiar John Deere model (L130, 23HP with a 48" deck). I would check the electric clutch (called a PTO). To do this check the wires to this clutch and look for something disconnected. These wires (to this PTO clutch) should have twelve volts with the key on and the blades engaged.

You will find some pretty savvy guys at MyTractorForum.com. They will help you.

The electric clutch is to power the blades/mower deck. There is a belt that drives the hydrostatic pumps to power the wheels. Make sure the Parking brake is OFF. Could be a belt, spring, idler pulley.

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Possible short to ground in the clutch wiring