John Deer LX255 Don't start

Dickie said:

Let renters use the mower, it had only been run 3 times when I had to move. told them to take care of yard, well they left key on as well as light. (I think they forgot it until it ran out of gas) the next dumb thing was to jump it w/ a car. Now it don't run, smoke come out of wiring board on engine side of dash. Any body have any thoughts ?????

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shiftsuper175607 said:

See if the battery will take a charge.Check all fuses.
Add gas
try and start it. Then go from there.

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Dickie said:

I miss lead you, it will run if using a jumper battery. It's when you take jumper off, it starts to smoke at the ignition board.

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shiftsuper175607 said:

So, you are saying...if you had a spare battery put it below your steering wheel, connected it to the mower battery, the mower will start and run fine as long as it is hooked up?

Or, it just starts smoking at the ignition module after the mower starts?

Either way, can you see what burned? if there is smoke there is fire. A close examination should reveal what is burnt on the module.

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Dickie said:

Yes it's a little round thing like a AAA short battery

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shiftsuper175607 said:

My board has a couple of capacitors on it...one is bigger around than AAA the other is probably smaller.

So, I guess your circuit board is shot unless you think you can unsolder that capacitor and find the right one to solder back in. It might be worth a try if you find the capacitor cheaply. That is probably a common capacitor.

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