Toro SS 5000 Electronic Brake Won't Release

[Gooser]

I've got a Toro SS5000 model number 74631. It starts but the electronic brake won't release. This spring the starter was stuck so I replaced the battery and starter. Now it starts but the E brake is stuck. I have replaced the electronic brake module, the solenoid, the switch and the two switches under the control handles. If I manually release the brake as soon as i turn the ignition on the brake sets again and will not release. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Rivets]

Something is not hooked up correctly, or you may have gotten a wrong part when you started throwing parts at it, instead of going through a troubleshooting procedure. Here is the service manual which should help you out. https://www.toro.com/getpub/78978

 

[StarTech]

IF the module got blown again Toro will not honor the part warranty if you did not replace the wiring harness. Usually the weather proof will corrode due to water getting into the connector which isn't supposed to happen but it does anyways.

I had replace a brand new controller and the part vendor tired to get out of the warranty too by saying that I had to replace the harness. I had them there as I also brought and replace the harness at the same time. That first replacement module went up in smoke just sitting on the repair yard.

I have since order the connector housing and the terminals so I just replaced the bad harness end now. No replacing the whole harness when you can repair it.

 

[Gooser]

I appreciate all the help and I'm not trying to be an ass but i'm just really frustrated. If I knew how to trouble shoot it correctly I wouldn't have "thrown parts at it". I can't begin to tell you that if I could afford to pay the $80 an hour to have it worked on I would of done it already. I'm not totally inept but this one is way above my head for some reason. I unhooked the E brake completely. Everything will then run and work correctly. But I have a drain on the battery and when it gets low it just shuts off. I tried unplugging different plugs on the harness but i still have a drain. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I may try or where to turn. Thanks

 

[Rivets]

Have you looked at section 7 of the manual I attached? It does list two U-tube videos on troubleshooting the control module.

 

[Gooser]

Have you looked at section 7 of the manual I attached? It does list two U-tube videos on troubleshooting the control module.

I did but neither video link worked. I've spent hours searching youtube but almost all the videos are how to bypass the E-brake not diagnose it.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

Every electrical problem I have had with that e brake system was bad connections with pins in the connector to the module. Not easy to test either. If the brake doesn't release when the levers are pulled in the module may not be sensing them. I am not a fan of that system.

 

[Hammermechanicman]

Every electrical problem I have had with that e brake system was bad connections with pins in the connector to the module. Not easy to test either. If the brake doesn't release when the levers are pulled in the module may not be sensing them. I am not a fan of that system.

 

[Gooser]

Every electrical problem I have had with that e brake system was bad connections with pins in the connector to the module. Not easy to test either. If the brake doesn't release when the levers are pulled in the module may not be sensing them. I am not a fan of that system.

Is this something that could be repaired or does the whole wiring harness get replaced?

 

[Hammermechanicman]

One I was able to clean and get working another was a hack job to save customer money.