I got this mower from my son-in-law. I had to fix a couple of spindles on the deck and it has worked great. It didn't have a manual with it. It's had a few things begin to cause problems.
#1
The safety switch in seat messed up and I found it still worked with switch removed, but I've noticed the svc flashing on hour meter so I guess it ain't happy. I'm replacing next week. Going to work at hunting club this weekend.
#2
I had to jump it off first of the summer. Earlier today I saw somewhere that jumping it off with a vehicle will screw something up. Well, guilty as hell on that charge. It had a 275 cca battery in it, I replaced with 350 cca, which I read was recommended.
I checked the voltage while it was running and had about 12.5 volts. Is that about what it should be showing or is that low as far as recharging the battery? I know my truck shows about 14 volts.
#3
The other evening I was cutting and it went dead. I thought maybe my knee hit the key and shut it off. This was before I had replaced the battery so I had to pull my truck down and jump it off again.
when I started to cut again and pulled the PTO switch out the motor bogged down, I pushed it in before it went dead, did the switch again, it bogged again and I figured the PTO clutch was bad.
All bearings on the deck are good, nothing binding. I got a new clutch from shopgreendealer and put it on and it's still bogging down the engine. I called their tech support and he listened over the phone and said he'd send me another one.
Now I'm wondering if there is something else doing it.
Here's my questions:
#1
Could there be a delayed problem in regard to seat switch being removed, it did work without it.
#2
What should voltage be reading when it's running? What might I have damaged jumping it off?
#3
When I had removed original clutch I could turn it some by hand and it sounded kind of gravelly (as in a piece of gravel/rock). I thought bad bearing or surfaces. The new one I wasn't able to get to move at all. I ain't sure how one in good condition actually works or feels so I reckon I'll have to wait and see when another one arrives. In the meantime, while I'm in Glascock Co. at Jumping Gulley Hunting club, just outside of Gibson,Ga., if there's some knowledge that might enlighten an old fart and point him in the right direction to remedy these problems I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks and Happy Labor Day...... I'm fixing to eat a bowl of Blue Bell banana pudding ice cream. If you like banana pudding you'll like it. I ain't lyin.
#1
The safety switch in seat messed up and I found it still worked with switch removed, but I've noticed the svc flashing on hour meter so I guess it ain't happy. I'm replacing next week. Going to work at hunting club this weekend.
#2
I had to jump it off first of the summer. Earlier today I saw somewhere that jumping it off with a vehicle will screw something up. Well, guilty as hell on that charge. It had a 275 cca battery in it, I replaced with 350 cca, which I read was recommended.
I checked the voltage while it was running and had about 12.5 volts. Is that about what it should be showing or is that low as far as recharging the battery? I know my truck shows about 14 volts.
#3
The other evening I was cutting and it went dead. I thought maybe my knee hit the key and shut it off. This was before I had replaced the battery so I had to pull my truck down and jump it off again.
when I started to cut again and pulled the PTO switch out the motor bogged down, I pushed it in before it went dead, did the switch again, it bogged again and I figured the PTO clutch was bad.
All bearings on the deck are good, nothing binding. I got a new clutch from shopgreendealer and put it on and it's still bogging down the engine. I called their tech support and he listened over the phone and said he'd send me another one.
Now I'm wondering if there is something else doing it.
Here's my questions:
#1
Could there be a delayed problem in regard to seat switch being removed, it did work without it.
#2
What should voltage be reading when it's running? What might I have damaged jumping it off?
#3
When I had removed original clutch I could turn it some by hand and it sounded kind of gravelly (as in a piece of gravel/rock). I thought bad bearing or surfaces. The new one I wasn't able to get to move at all. I ain't sure how one in good condition actually works or feels so I reckon I'll have to wait and see when another one arrives. In the meantime, while I'm in Glascock Co. at Jumping Gulley Hunting club, just outside of Gibson,Ga., if there's some knowledge that might enlighten an old fart and point him in the right direction to remedy these problems I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks and Happy Labor Day...... I'm fixing to eat a bowl of Blue Bell banana pudding ice cream. If you like banana pudding you'll like it. I ain't lyin.
