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Yes I feel like one of the safeties to kill the spark is causing my problem. It has happened before but the loose wire was obvious. My first thought was the red wire that was detached was my issue. Maybe I’m looking in the wrong place. I’ll see if I can follow your steps. Thanks.

I feel like this detached wire is causing my engine to not get spark so I feel it needs to be grounded.

The headlights worked with this wired detached so not sure. I’m going to put it back together as it seems this wire is not related to the alternator. Thanks for your comments.

I am also attaching a pic of the wire. The red wire resting on the starter is thd broken one. Don’t see any place it has detached from.

Well I found a engine manual based off the model and when I took off the flywheel and I have what appears to be a DC Only alternator which has only one red wire as it is a half circle. I’ve attached a pic of the model etc. it’s a 12hp. Now I’m looking for a wire diagram to see where this other...

Update: I followed recommendation/help from below, cleaned alternator, tightened everything and seems to be running great again. Thanks all Hi I had a shop replace a motor on my 1995 Murray so the wire colors might not be correct!!! My motor was running erratically then would not start...