Interesting problem

Ol' Fart said:

Hi all, new to this forum and looking forwards to the sharing of information with you. I have had my Craftsman for a couple of now and it has been a good mower with only the usual maintenance issues, blades, oil changes, and fuel and air filters. Today I was mowing the back yard and everything was great. I got off the mower while it was running, forgetting to set the parking brake, so the engine died as designed. I went to restart it, but starter would only click. I tapped the starter with a hammer thinking solenoid was stuck, but it didn't help. The battery is good (new at beginning of this mowing season), the blades are disconnected and parking brake set. Anyone have any suggestions? I haven't tried the search function as I am not sure what to search for.

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Ol' Fart said:

Carscw...point taken. How did you know what I'm used to working on? :laughing: I thought about the battery maybe not being good so I checked it volt meter. While doing that I did discover what the problem is (was). The switch that activates/de-activates the blades has a broken tang on it. When you pull up to turn on the blades, it applies pressure to the connector so with repeated use it gradually loosened the connection. Functioning again...need to order a new switch, just need to figure the best place to order from. Thanks for the advice; I'll take it to heart. :thumbsup:

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