Recent content by Lou the mower killer

SOLVED : Thanks everybody for your time. Had an old timer that lives nearby over for a visit. He listened to my project and said " it stopped raining , lets go try something ". He grabbed my die grinder and a sanding disc and went out to the mower. He buffed the mounting surfaces of the...

Thanks. The JD dealer charges $25.99 plus tax and i can just walk in and carry it out. Next closest " mower" parts dealer to me is 1-2 hours away . I am in the mountains and as it is my JD store is 35 minutes away in the nearest town. Thanks again for your time. Have a great day.

Kohler engines university calls it a kill wire. It is the only wire actually on the engine other than the starter engagement wire. The service tech said it runs back through the safety switches then to the ignition switch. It is the only way to stop the coil from producing spark from now to...

It's completely full. As mentioned in my post it is getting plenty of fuel.

Anything is possible at this point. I took pics with my phone before i disconnected the original one , but that doesn't mean the new one doesn't need to be flipped upside down. I am going to try it out in the next day or two when the rain stops... it is outside under a tarp. Thank you for the...

Thanks , and yes I tried starting without the "kill" wire. The Kohler command has just the single wire magneto system. That's what doesn't make any sense. There can't be a broken wire because it doesn't have any, and both coils ( new one and old one) pass the Ohm test so it should have spark...

Slomo , It would appear that nothing in your post is relevant since i posting in the original post that it WAS getting gas but NOT getting spark. I suppose that would mean that they were verified . But thank you for the response . Have an awesome weekend.

I have a John Deere L110 ( Kohler 17.5 ) that quit running. I was mowing and on my last strip the engine slowed down to where it was running at about half the speed of it's slowest throttle setting. I stopped where i was and just sat there for about 30 seconds and the rpm's picked back up so i...