My riding mower can not swim(30" Murray)

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rron1229

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Hi everyone, My sister was pulling a yard trailer around the pool and the trailer whent into the pool and my 30" Murray (model# 309000X8A) rider jumped in to try and save the trailer but, the mower whent down running. Now, I have drained all the water out of the engine, carb. and fuel tank. The mower has no fire at all, I can't find any kind of brain box (ign. module). I did see on the parts page there is a diode in the line, is there a possibility the diode may be burnt out to keep the ignition dead or, is there a bigger problem? Thanks for all the help!
 
Very little moisture can cause the magneto to fail to fire... and having been completely submerged it is likely that it still has a little moisture.... Try drying it with a hair dryer ... good flow of Over 100 degree heat for quite a while... Same with the key switch, it only takes a little leakage to shut down the magneto....

Too bad you didn't have pictures to post... It would definitely be something most have not had the opportunity to see... :smile:KennyV
 
Thanks very much for the info, I will try that. Hopefully that will do it. I thought there would be a module and that the circuit board might have gotten fried. I did want to get pics but I could not find the camera, honestly, that was the first thing I thought after I saw she was alright.
 
rron1229 said:
Thanks very much for the info, I will try that. Hopefully that will do it. I thought there would be a module and that the circuit board might have gotten fried. I did want to get pics but I could not find the camera, honestly, that was the first thing I thought after I saw she was alright.
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While your looking for camera, keep an eye out for those water wings :wink:
 
You might want to spray some fogging oil down the spark plug hole and pull things through a couple of times until you get it running again. Things rust up pretty quickly.:frown:
 
Duffer72 said:
Sorry couldn't resist- You sure it isn't flooded????
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With your username, I would expect something about "look out for those water hazards" while mowing. Where I live, any inground pools have to be surrounded by a fence to prevent any situations like this, as well as keep kids out of your pool.
 
Duffer72 said:
Sorry couldn't resist- You sure it isn't flooded????
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I have really got a good laugh out of this whole ordeal.Humor helps. Duffer 72 thanks but, yes it is flooded because it does not have fire, I can hold the plug wire in my hand and, nothing.
 
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