Ok looks like the riding mower I have is from 1996 and 42828x8B.
I got a new battery, new gas and a new fuel line in and she started right up the first time with starter fluid blast in the air filter. It will start with choke on but die when I do not use starter fluid and pull out of the choke position. I assume I will need a carb or a rebuild. I drove it around and tried to lower the deck and it shut off. Tried 2 more times and as soon as I engage the deck the motor shuts off. Did some looking around and dropped the deck to look for binding. Found one of the guard that shield the operator from the pulleys was bent and touching the pulley. I straightened that out and cleaned it off a bit made sure everything turned by hand and put it back on the mower. But had the same result. Did some more research and looked at the kill switch on the seat so I by passed the switch and still same problem.
I am thinking I will drop the lower deck again and take a closer look at the pulleys. When I had it down before I did not like the center pulley or tensioner position or how loose it was. Is there an alignment procedure or how it should sit? I am thinking it should be inline with the drive pulley or close. I will attach a picture of the side view, look how high the center pulley is sitting compared to the blade pulleys. Also how loose should the belts be?
Am I missing something? what else can o look at?
I got a new battery, new gas and a new fuel line in and she started right up the first time with starter fluid blast in the air filter. It will start with choke on but die when I do not use starter fluid and pull out of the choke position. I assume I will need a carb or a rebuild. I drove it around and tried to lower the deck and it shut off. Tried 2 more times and as soon as I engage the deck the motor shuts off. Did some looking around and dropped the deck to look for binding. Found one of the guard that shield the operator from the pulleys was bent and touching the pulley. I straightened that out and cleaned it off a bit made sure everything turned by hand and put it back on the mower. But had the same result. Did some more research and looked at the kill switch on the seat so I by passed the switch and still same problem.
I am thinking I will drop the lower deck again and take a closer look at the pulleys. When I had it down before I did not like the center pulley or tensioner position or how loose it was. Is there an alignment procedure or how it should sit? I am thinking it should be inline with the drive pulley or close. I will attach a picture of the side view, look how high the center pulley is sitting compared to the blade pulleys. Also how loose should the belts be?
Am I missing something? what else can o look at?