ncridgerunner
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Mowed the lawn today, everything seemed to work fine. Stopped to use leaf blower to blow off dust and debris and the mower would not restart. I used a battery pack to jump start with no problems but the PTO does not work as it should. Occasionally I could get it to engage but if I turned it off it wouldn't engage again and would bog the engine down.
I tested the battery with an old fashioned load tester and it shows that the battery is bad. For the battery to go bad was somewhat expected because it is the original battery. I guess something internal broke while mowing.
What concerns me is the PTO not engaging. Could this be related to a bad battery?
I didn't have a lot of time to troubleshoot but I did ohm the seat switch and it seems to be operating correctly. I checked all switches thinking the leaf blower might have disconnected something. The wiring connections that I checked seemed to be good and no loose or disconnected wires were found.
I hate to buy a new battery at the end of mowing season but I will have to mow several more times.
Any chance a new battery will take care of the PTO engaging as well as the starting problem or are these problems unrelated?
I tested the battery with an old fashioned load tester and it shows that the battery is bad. For the battery to go bad was somewhat expected because it is the original battery. I guess something internal broke while mowing.
What concerns me is the PTO not engaging. Could this be related to a bad battery?
I didn't have a lot of time to troubleshoot but I did ohm the seat switch and it seems to be operating correctly. I checked all switches thinking the leaf blower might have disconnected something. The wiring connections that I checked seemed to be good and no loose or disconnected wires were found.
I hate to buy a new battery at the end of mowing season but I will have to mow several more times.
Any chance a new battery will take care of the PTO engaging as well as the starting problem or are these problems unrelated?