If you arrived on this page via search engine, to visit my John Deere 1330se Snowthrower Resource page PurposeHow to troubleshoot, repair or replace a broken headlight on a snow blower. ApplicabilityThis John Deere Halogen Headlight Bulb (12 volt, 20 watt) adn Bulb Socket fit John Deere 1028E, 1330se, 1332pe, 1338pe, Simplicity L1730e, Murray 1330se and other similarly equipped models.

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Required Tools. Flat and Phillips screwdrivers;. You only need a multi-meter if your new replacement bulb did not fix the problem. If you don’t own one, read my quick review ofThere only two, user replaceable parts on a John Deere 1330SE (part numbers and links in the table below). Item #Part #Descriptions0086YPLight bar assembly0010-10n/aLense, RH, not serviceable, included as part of item # 010 assembly0010-20n/aLense, LH, not serviceable, included as part of item # 010 assembly0089YPBriggs and Stratton Halongen Lamp, OEM,0080YPBriggs and Stratton Lamp Socket, OEM, 1 socket (1),0010-50n/aGasket, Single, Twin Light (Included in Part# 1736190YP)0010-60n/aBezel, light panel, not serviceable, included as part of item # 010 assembly(1) Older (original) parts manual stated that these sockets were only available as part of a large light assembly. However, you can now purchase these sockets individually.

Troubleshooting steps STEP # 1 – WIRING HARNESSThankfully, wiring connections are fairly straightforward. Since John Deere never published a technician’s manual, I manually traced the wire connections from my functional JD 1330se.Compare your wiring harness against my diagrams to make sure that all connections are correct and secure. STEP # 2 – CHECK THE GROUND WIREDue to heavy vibration, it is not uncommon to see loose nuts and washers. Usually, if your voltage exceeds 12v, it probably means something is going on with your ground terminal.If you find the ground terminal all crusty and rusted out, you will need to completely remove it and clean thoroughly wire brush/vinegar/baking soda, then apply some before re-attaching it to the engine.

Hopefully, your lighting problem was solved following these steps. Since these halogen bulbs are not that bright, fairly expensive and prone to failure, I am going to take up on one of my readers comments and do a quick project to see if I can convert my Halogen bulbs to non-OEM LED bulbs (Click here for the post). FINAL WORDSTrying to fix the bulb issue on a snow blower is like trying to find that elusive one broken bulb on in Christmas string lights. It takes time and patience.If you found this article to be helpful, can you do me a favor and sign up for my free newsletter?

The form is located on the upper right side of the screen.Thanks and good luck with your snow thrower! Hi,I have similar problems with my JD 1330 SE. Some things that I’ve experienced: The voltage control went bad. Replaced it to the tune of $90 CDN.

Headlight bulb went bad. Can’t find where to get a reasonable priced replacement bulb.

Not paying $16. CDN for that little bulb. Noticed that the other headlight was going dim and flickering on and off yesterday.

Checked the output of the new regulator and it is 12.3 volts DC. So examined the wiring harness and noticed sparks coming from under the control panel where all the wiring runs to the headlights.

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There I found two shorted wires that had chaffed against the brackets that the wires were running thru. Taped them up for now and now my electric motors for the chute and diverter are working again. The other headlight don’t work now so the JOHN DEERE 1330 SE is lightless. The thumb switches are garbage on these machines. They regularly arc out inside rendering them useless. I’ve been taking the switches apart and cleaning the contacts inside the switches with a modified fingernail emery board & testing them with my multi meter before re-installing them on the machine.

A pain in the butt to say the least. The chute on this 1330SE is somewhat restricted in the centre so when the snow is wet & heavy it becomes plugged. It is extremely slow in reverse and number (1) forward. Handles are angled down too much causing it to be very difficult to keep the front of the snow blower raised especially when backing up. All things taken into consideration The J/D 1330 SE is a pricy poorly designed monster.kevin says.

Kevin,Thanks so much for the great web site and the forethought you have given to it! My JD dealer was of very little help so being able to find a wiring diagram for the 1330SE seemed an impossibility until I happened on your site.I have always hated the wire rat’s nest under the cover panel and the less than efficient cable harness routing and attachment to the frame/handles; wiring is obviously not the assemblers forte.I am in the process of converting to the LED bulbs (BA15s 1156 G18 parking light model from RCTTCO on ebay since they are no longer available at auto parts stores).

That should remedy the faulty halogen bulb issue.Take care and thanks again.kevin says.

Just wanted to contriibute since I learned a lot from reading the posts here. Cliff Notes: JD 1028E 2 Thumbs Up.I just bought a John Deere 1028e on Monday and used it after the last Noreaster on Wednesday.

We had about 20' inches of medium density snow perfect for making snowballs not to too slushy and not too fluffy.My budget for a snowblower was about $1k so I had to strech a little to get the Deere paid about $1170, but don't regret it one bit. I looked at almost everything in the $800 - $1300 range new and used, no loyalty to any brand just wanted the most for my money. Not much for selection in the used stuff around here at this time of year, too much $$ for too rusty of a machine.So far I'm loving the JD. The snow was over bucket height and was able to take a full 28' swath without even a hint of it bogging down. Doesn't have the greatest throwing distance but it's more than enough to throw the snow across my driveway(2 car wide, 2 car deep), which is all I care for. What impressed me the most was the volume of snow it throws at at a given time.

I wonder if that's the reason why Ariens has a small chute opening versus the wide open chute in the JD, is it just for marketing throwing distance? Just watching the thing spitting out the snow left a huge grin on my face.

EOD snow was no problem either, was able to do full swath without bogging down or clogging. Finished my driveway in about 10 minutes, took longer to clear out the steps/deck to my front door than it did to do the whole driveway.The engine. Two pumps to prime and started on the very first lazy pull, was able to take it off of choke immediatley after starting. Most snowblowers in this class have the b&S engine so not much to write about here. It does it's job fine.The heated hand grips. Couldn't really tell if they were working but I also had thick gloves on so it didn't matter, maybe they take awhile to heat up, I may have just finished up too quickly to notice. Wasn't a selling point for me so I don't care, it's more like a free extra.The electric chute rotation.

I initially thought it was just a gimick and considered it as a con on my pros/con list due to added complexity, but after using it I love it. You never have to let up on the auger while making a U turn just hold down the chute rotation button while turning 180. and you keep blowing snow in the same direction while turning. Now I wish I bought the Snapper model with the electric delfector too.Pin lock axle, not really the most ideal thing I initially wanted a differential. Using the snowblower I didn't really need to unlock the wheel while there was snow on the ground, just pushing the handles while the wheels were moving was enough to turn it easily.

Only time I needed to unlock the wheel was on dry pavement while the machine was off, too much traction to easily turn it. After using it, I no longer consider a differential a must have feature.Upright handles. They seem like they won't give enough leverage, but they actually do very well becasue of their height, also saved me from slipping and falling a few times as I was able to hang on to them and not tip over the snowblower as I slid under.Dual lights on the dash are good but again don't care I have flood lights to light up the driveway.Overall quality of the machine seems to be very good can't spot anything of concern. I guess only time will tell though. Good luck on the new jd, i'm on my 2nd full year with my jd 1130se with zero problems i sometimes wish i bought a smaller model. Its a job getting it out of the garage with both cars in. The hand warmers do work well, i snowblow with no gloves and my hands are always toasty.

Your concern on the chute opening compared to the ariens is why i bought the deere because of that very issue,(and a few others). Keep in mind that when you blow HEAVY snow you might experience the chute not turning, thats because the weight of the snow fighting the electric chute motor, just stop a second, let the bucket empty itself then hit the chute switch and carry on. Mine has the diff. And it is a breeze to turn. I was at the JD dealer (I had purchased an x540 from him last year) buying parts and noticed their snowblowers. I was impressed by the design and construction and considered them, but he was too far away and the John Deere dealers around here actually get insulted if you ask for a discount. Anyway, funny story, they had one of them in the showroom so I asked for a demo.

As soon he started showing me how it works, and in the middle of explaining to me how this is a very well-built machine, most of the handles/fiddly bits actually fell off the brand new machine. He didn't know what to say, and he and I spent 5 minutes finding all the parts and putting it back together.He gave up selling me on the machine at that point (which had nothing to do with why I didn't choose it).