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Guys I've been delinquent in responding back about my no start problem after jumping it. It had started right up initially after the new battery but I had it in my home garage so shut it right down so I would have the exhaust films built up. A few days later I went down to use it to mow and it...

Well guys in-spite of my ability (or inability:() to jump start an X300 and all the info you gave me........it starts! I called a local JD dealer that has been in business for many years and told them my problems and the troubleshooting in the Operators Manual said the next thing to check was...

Thanks for the tips on this, depending on the weather I may get back to it tomorrow. I tried to look up a wiring diagram but I couldn't find what I wanted on the JD sites. On other items, (Honda motorcycles for example), I can find most things right down to a washer, I couldn't break the code...

So it's the beginning of the mowing season for us and I put my X300 on the charger for awhile. It still didn't have much battery voltage so I jumped it with a regular 12 volt car battery in my Cub Cadet compact tractor. The JD initially started right up and then quit, now nothing! I checked...

I am having a very similar problem with my relatives Honda HRR2169VLA push mower. Two years ago (almost to the day) this happened to the original starter. It would spin but wouldn't engage the starter drive. All my trouble shooting with different batteries would still not throw the starter up...

StarTech, good comments and I always do a lot of surfing the net looking for the best price. I think at the time I was checking prices, eBay, Amazon, and overall search on the PN the best price I found was on eBay. I think the best price I found at the time was $90 but it had shipping charges...

Will, picked up the part today and I'm back in business. The pricing of the JD parts is interesting. I have 3 dealers with about a 25 mile radius. The largest one quoted me a price 15% over the standard JD price of $110.61, and the second one quoted it at 10% over the price. My closest local...

Will you must be Clairvoyant! ;) I went out about 30 minutes ago and you were right, the wire was on the right side tucked behind the starter. It started right up with it disconnected and it quit as soon as I snapped the wires back together. It looks like the going rate is $110.61 and my...

Thanks will, I’ll check that tomorrow in the daylight when I can see a little better. So you say the interlock module has been a problem on the X300s, do the replacement modules last longer? I googled up the parts for it last night and if I had the right one it’s roughly $100. Pricey, I hope...

Not a problem on the fuel filter Will. So I just got time to check out some things on the mower. I do here a click in the front near the carb so I'm "assuming" that is the fuel solenoid you mentioned. I found two different black wires on the side of the engine. One was small and it went to...

Thanks Will, I will so some checks with what you have told me. I don't understand how the fuel will gravity feed into the filter because on mine the filter looks like it is higher than the fuel tank. This happened once before and I changed the filter although as I remember it didn't look bad...

I was having trouble searching for a starting problem on my X300 and saw this post. I hadn't seen the trick about blowing into the gas tank or to check my choke position but I will do that when the weather breaks. I haven't used the X300 for probably 2 1/2 months and it cranks fine but won't...

That blade driver is quite rugged looking but the key in it looks kind of delicate. I don't know why you would need to replace them unless you were prone to hitting a lot of immovable objects like rock, stumps, or boundary markers. They must need to be replaced a lot because when I Googled...

No, I didn't take a picture of the belt guide but it was there along with the grass shield

It as interesting to read this Post because I've had trouble with my Super Recycler trying to start it when it's already been running. Rivets has given me some comments in the past. I've been told at least in the case of the John Deere Riding mowers sold at HD, they are not the same as the ones...