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I have that 550 ex with auto choke and the new plastic carb. It would not start after a few pulls. So I pulled the spark plug and put some gas in the cylinder and tried that. It fired up but quit running after gas ran out. So I did all the diagnostics. I followed the fuel line from tank to...

I have this X540 with about 900 hours on it. Just the last time I wanted to blow snow the pto would not engage. I kept pulling and pushing on the switch hoping for it to engage and then finally it started. It was very cold this day and so I blew snow for about 10 minutes and went inside just...

I have a x540 with a 54 inch mower deck. This problem started this year. When I start the pto the engine wants to turn off and sometimes does. I know this does not solve the problem but when it wants to turn off I just disengage the pto and engage it quickly again and that seems to work. I...

I have a John Deere X540 54 " mower. It seems to lose its settings all the time for mower height. Every time I remove it and install it again the settings seem to be all off. I have done all the possible things I can think of and I still have a problem. Like making sure the tires have the...