Recent content by SamB

To add to your prudent advice, AutoDoc, as I have learned in the past, and as you have stated, the charging system isn't meant to charge a dead battery and the stator will melt down when running with a bad battery, requiring replacement parts$$. Charge the battery with a charger or replace it...

Yes, easy peasy, if one likes to invert their mower over a drain pan and hope to not fumble it. Those pesky mower handles can into play, messing with the inverting action. Wear gloves,too. Inverting the carb and fuel tank can give rise to other issues. I had B&S easy Drain spouts on my drain...

My apologies. I didn't click on your link and study it. Changing out an NO switch to a NC switch is sometimes needed if the part uses NO switches. User protection needs to be taken seriously. One never knows who is going to use that OPE down the road. Defeating safety features puts the one who...

On one of my older ZTR mowers, I did away with the 'module' and wired all safety switches in series so if any one of them were in incorrect position, open or closed, the engine quit, the blade brake clamped down and the seat occupied switch killed everything also.. A separate grounding circuit...

This works for me. Cheap, too...