Ruined a good starter today

Started my MF 231 today to do a mowing job. Around the second round I smelled something burning. It was my starter, the key stuck on, and kept the starter engaged. I didn't hear it, because of my radio ear phones. I just kept the tractor running all day. Loaded it on my trailer to get it back home. The bendix gear was completely worn off. Ring gear was ok, which is good. So 380.00 later I have my new starter,I am ready to continue mowing. . Hope you had a better day. Stan

I recently had the solenoid stick on my 756 D-310. I had to pull the battery cables to stop it. That took a couple minutes. The oneway clutch in the drive prevented the starter from blowing up but now the drive is locked up. I hit the key and it starts instantly and starts to wind the starter up before I can release the starter button. Guess the heavy devil has to come out and go to the starter shop before the solenoid sticks again blowing up that spendy starter.

Ditch the radio phones.Machinery will make different sounds when something goes wrong.If you cant hear it,expect damage.

The starter on our 1105 engaged itself while it was running a few weeks ago and ground off the drive gear, but the rest of it was pretty worn out. A local shop completely rebuilt it for 135 dollars.

Did you buy a whole new starter? Did you really
need a whole new starter, or just a new starter
drive? seems awful expensive!
I just got 2 Wisconsin engine starters redone for
$85 each, included cleaning, new drives, new
bushings, and brushes.

Don't quit using the ear protection. It's a lot better to suffer equipment damage than body damage!

I had a tractor catch fire over a shorted starter that engaged itself. It wasn't hard to put out, but did damage the ring gear.

your machine was talking to you , but you were tuned to a diff. station.i prefer to listen to my machines.

your machine was talking to you , but you were tuned to a diff. station.i prefer to listen to my machines.

Hefty price to pay, and I've always said, "You pay for knowledge!"

I sometimes use earplugs when using the rotary cutter, especially if it's not grass or weeds I'm cutting, some of the brush and similar is a bit much for these sensitive ears.

I don't use foam ear plugs, just those rubber like ones on the string, cause you can kind of adjust em in you ear so you can hear some or most, depending on the noise level. Not big on listening to the radio when running equipment, though sometimes, like when on a loader and the work is monotonous, it pays to be able to listen for things going wrong.

A few weeks ago, while returning with the DM Mack from a delivery 20 miles north, headed back to the yard, fuel up, then to the field to load up round bales, while fueling, I heard a minor squeak with the engine running, enough to make me open the hood, but otherwise easily missed. The alternator mounting bolts had lost the nuts, and was about to come off, though one of the bolts was rubbed and worn, something had been awry for awhile, same thing, if I had not caught this, would have at least chewed the belt, wrecked and possibly shorted the wiring, wrecked the alternator, could have caused a fire, it does pay to be attentive and listen, and is why I don't like the headphone type hearing protection unless I'm on a D8 K or something similar.