John Deere 7000 Monitor problem

Planting Corn on Fri. before the rain came in. The monitor on my early 7000 (m2000 ?) worked fine for a while and then all the lights suddenly came on. Checked that everything was OK and kept planting. Refilled the fert tanks, and grabbed something to eat, so shut down for about 30 minutes. next field it worked for a half hour and then all the lights came on a couple times and then stayed on. Is there any user replaceable parts inside this monitor? I have 15 acres of corn to plant and then beans to plant when, or if it dries out. Have had good luck with Ag Express before. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Steve.

Anything like that we call or send to ag express. They will usually give me a few pointers on things to try before taking something off to send to them.

Thanks for the reply. Weather for Central Wisconsin has rain forecast next 7 days. Will call Ag Express Monday Morning. Steve

Do you clean the connector plug at the tractor at the beginning of the season? Spray with PB Baster, then wire brush them.

Steve,
I had that same condition happen years ago and come to find out the clutch on the planter would get slipping. I put another washer behind the pressure spring and fixed the problem but sure made a mess before I found out that it was not the monitor and really was the planter. I was using an eight row 7000 planter with a 2000 or 2500 model monitor. I learned to have a lot more trust in the monitor after that. When all the lights come on at the same time it is a pretty good sign that none of the rows are working or at least not turning fast enough and that little clutch that shuts the main drive shaft off when the planter is raised has come disengaged. The facings on that cast little clutch get worn and will work itself apart while planting and let the driven shaft slip. For a quick fix you can get closable washers from any hardware so you don't have to pull the drive shaft out. Hope this helps. Tom

i would consider what tom is saying. i also had this problem years ago. i had to plant 200 acres of corn when i was 15 years old and my father was not around to help.
he put a transport truck on contract to haul fertilizer and the driver got sick so he had to drive it.
i was planting by myself and the dam lights would come on and off all the time. finally i got ahold of him and said to come have a look and i had him ride on the back of the planter. he seen the clutch jumping and it was enough to plant some corn but not all of it. the whole planter would drop seed and then skip and then drop seed.
you will see this around the country side some times. it is worse when you grease the planter first thing because it slips more. once the grease wears off then not as bad.
i will never forget this and every year now i have him ride on the back to watch the chain drives and clutch work.
you can send the monitor away and it may come back saying nothing wrong.
pull your planter out of the shed and even in the drive way let it down and drive for a bit while someone watches to see if its skipping.
loosing a few seeds of corn is nothing compaired to having skips all over the field. of course most of the time you wont know until its all come up and its to late.
preventive maintanence is your best friend when its wet because its going to be another big ram if it ever dries up.
good luck and let us know what you find out.