Lawn Tractor Headlight HELP!

orangejuice · 10-01-2011, 03:06 PM

Hey guys. I am 23 years old and my father recently passed away so I moved home to be with my Mom to help her around the house and keep the yard up and so on. Well, he has a lawn tractor that he used to cut the lawn and plow the snow with. Long story short, I turned the headlights on a couple weeks and both bulbs burnt out at the same time. Today I replaced both bulbs and that didn't fix it so I replaced all the fuses on the tractor and they still aren't working. Any one have any suggestions or tips as to I should do next or should I get it looked at? Any help/tips would be very much appreciated.

ROBOSSRS · 10-01-2011, 03:25 PM

Do you have power to the headlight switch ? Check with a volt meter . Maybe a bad ground. All kinds of little things. Just like a car on a smaller scale.

ShnOmac · 10-01-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by orangejuice

Hey guys. I am 23 years old and my father recently passed away so I moved home to be with my Mom to help her around the house and keep the yard up and so on. Well, he has a lawn tractor that he used to cut the lawn and plow the snow with. Long story short, I turned the headlights on a couple weeks and both bulbs burnt out at the same time. Today I replaced both bulbs and that didn't fix it so I replaced all the fuses on the tractor and they still aren't working. Any one have any suggestions or tips as to I should do next or should I get it looked at? Any help/tips would be very much appreciated.

Unfortunately there is a lot of things that it could be...

Do you have any experience with electrical systems? If so I would contact the manufacturer and see if you can get your hands on a wiring schematic.

Or you can just start tracing backwards from the headlights checking for power with a voltmeter.

2ndgenz28 · 10-01-2011, 06:12 PM

How often do you mow at night???

ROBOSSRS · 10-01-2011, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 2ndgenz28

How often do you mow at night???

I gave that one a thought too.

orangejuice · 10-01-2011, 07:29 PM

Hahaha I plow snow at night with it and with the winter coming, I need to get them working again. But no I don't have any electrical experience at all. I think it might be time for a trip to the dealer. Damnit

ROBOSSRS · 10-01-2011, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by orangejuice

Hahaha I plow snow at night with it and with the winter coming, I need to get them working again. But no I don't have any electrical experience at all. I think it might be time for a trip to the dealer. Damnit

No time like the present to learn.

2ndgenz28 · 10-01-2011, 08:07 PM

could easily rewire them, direct off batter to a fuse, to a switch, to the bulbs, bulbs ground to frame. Add a red light in the back while your at it.

could even upgrade the bulbs for more light.

ROBOSSRS · 10-01-2011, 11:35 PM

HID

2ndgenz28 · 10-02-2011, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Sanddemon

HID

id say more like LED but anything is better then the turn signal like bulbs most use. [$20 driving light set]

Problem is the charging system isn't great on them, and often have small battries.

[best other mod is a full size car batt for a LT, lights and a stereo, use deep cycle

]

10-01-2011, 03:06 PM	#1
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10-01-2011, 07:29 PM	#6
orangejuice H1 OFCR Drives: 2013 ZL1 Blue Ray Metallic Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Shelby Twp., Michigan Posts: 1,320 View My Garage	Hahaha I plow snow at night with it and with the winter coming, I need to get them working again. But no I don't have any electrical experience at all. I think it might be time for a trip to the dealer. Damnit __________________ Corsa Rotofab BBK ZL1 Hood/Fascia AAC Afterburners/Sidemarkers Havoc Black Chrome 5% Tint/20% Smoked Taillights

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2ndgenz28 Thread Killer Drives: All Black Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NWO Toledo Area Posts: 4,720	could easily rewire them, direct off batter to a fuse, to a switch, to the bulbs, bulbs ground to frame. Add a red light in the back while your at it. could even upgrade the bulbs for more light.

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