Vanousb
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Have a push mower I got used. Has dead mans handle removed (kill switch was disabled). Once I replaced carb, the engine runs smooth at all throttle levels. So much so that the way the previous owner stopped the engine by dropping throttle do low does not work. It just idles slow.
I am handy enough to do basic work on small engines, but novice to some things. This being one of them as I have never had to deal with it.
So after pulling the top I found the following....
Looking at the kill switch set up. Pic 1 is loose wire running from box linked to spark plug. Pic 2 and 3 is how they had tied the handle lever in run position. Finally pic 4 is the switch itself that loops back to a cut end. I assume the original loose wire in pic 1 was connected to the cut end of the wire leaving kill switch.
My question...
If I assume right do I just put a new switch between/connecting the loose wire in pic 1 to the cut end of the wire in pic 4 and leave the lever tied together as in pic 2/3 and use the new switch to complete or break connection thus stopping engine.
Never added a kill switch. Any advice or diagram would be great.
I am handy enough to do basic work on small engines, but novice to some things. This being one of them as I have never had to deal with it.
So after pulling the top I found the following....
Looking at the kill switch set up. Pic 1 is loose wire running from box linked to spark plug. Pic 2 and 3 is how they had tied the handle lever in run position. Finally pic 4 is the switch itself that loops back to a cut end. I assume the original loose wire in pic 1 was connected to the cut end of the wire leaving kill switch.
My question...
If I assume right do I just put a new switch between/connecting the loose wire in pic 1 to the cut end of the wire in pic 4 and leave the lever tied together as in pic 2/3 and use the new switch to complete or break connection thus stopping engine.
Never added a kill switch. Any advice or diagram would be great.