I have a Hustler Fastrac with 17 hp Kohler. For the past several years I have just been jump the mower off as it will not charge the battery. Recently it stopped jumping off when the jumpbox was hooked directly to the battery. From there I went to jumping it off by going directly to the starter. This worked but I decided to put a new battery on it with intentions of keeping it charged with a trickle charger. Last week I was mowing and when I turned the motor off the starter was spinning but the bendix was not engaging the fly wheel. I put another starter on the motor and that stopped that. Then when I went to hook the negative cable back up to the battery the starter engaged the fly wheel as if it was going to start the motor. If I turned the key on the motor would start. If I took the cable off the negative post the motor would continue to run till I turned the ignition key off. Later in the day when I was ready to use the mower I tried to start it by just turning the ignition key on and touching the negative post with the negative cable. Nothing happened. No click or anything. Mind you this is a brand new battery that has never been used except the few times I started as described above.
Any suggestions as to what has happened to my Hustler. I have been told the relay is back or the resistor. Electrical is not my strong point.
Please help.
Any suggestions as to what has happened to my Hustler. I have been told the relay is back or the resistor. Electrical is not my strong point.
Please help.