While watching Junior return after mowing the yard I noticed that one of the charging nuts had come off. When he got to the charger he entered, backed up, and started another trip around the yard. I quickly shut him down and carried him back to the charger.
After making sure the contacts were touching the bolt with the missing nut I turned him back on, entered the password, and waited for him to start charging. He just sat there and all of the display lights went out. I then stop/started him, re-entered the password, and pressed Run. This time he started to do his spin/sync procedure while he was inside the charger. If I pressed Charge he would go into Winter charge.
To get him to charge correctly I had to pull him back out of the charger, stop/start him, re-enter the password and then hold his wheels up off the ground until he was finished doing the spin/sync. After that he displayed, seeking charger. So while still holding him up off the ground I pushed him into the charger until the charging plates made a good connection. The bolt would only make contact at the very front of the charging plate so I couldn’t let him enter on his own. At that point he decided he was in the charger and went into his normal routine of charging.
Now all I to do is wait for the new Nut that I ordered to arrive.
Apparently a couple of the bushes along his path rubbed the nut loose and after a while it fell off. Where it landed is anyone’s guess.
