Recently, my mower was stopped after mowing and when I pushed in the PTO button apparently it did not go all the way down and I did not notice as it appeared the blades stopped turning and turned off the ignition switch. Now after it cooled off, it just clicked when trying to start the mower to store in my utility room. I much later discovered the PTO switch slightly up and pushed it in but the mower cranks but sounds noisy and not really trying to start. I believe the clutch might be stuck partially engaged. I had removed the starter-relay before discovering the PTO button issue and now forget which of the two small wires goes on top of the four prong starter-relay (solenoid). The large red wires are no issue but I am uncertain if the black wire goes on the upper connection or the blue wire. Any help appreciated.
My mower has about 500 hours on the unit. My Parts Catalog shows this switch as a Switch-Solenoid 1-513075. My Operator's Manual shows this in the electrical Schematic as a Solenoid with a black wire running to a ground and a blue wire to a Start-Relay. Looking at these wires it is difficult to determine exacrtly where they run since they are feeding into an enclosed protective sleeve plus no indication which terminal is the ground terminal. Also, how long can I expect these clutches to work without replacing? I did read up on performing an ohm test on the clutch but wanted to wait to see if some pro can help with my issue since it is raining were I live on and off right now and my mower is covered outdoors and not generally accessable.
My mower has about 500 hours on the unit. My Parts Catalog shows this switch as a Switch-Solenoid 1-513075. My Operator's Manual shows this in the electrical Schematic as a Solenoid with a black wire running to a ground and a blue wire to a Start-Relay. Looking at these wires it is difficult to determine exacrtly where they run since they are feeding into an enclosed protective sleeve plus no indication which terminal is the ground terminal. Also, how long can I expect these clutches to work without replacing? I did read up on performing an ohm test on the clutch but wanted to wait to see if some pro can help with my issue since it is raining were I live on and off right now and my mower is covered outdoors and not generally accessable.
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