You have it correct Mark... the seat switch is after it is started... :smile:KennyV
Kenny,
Its been a busy year and the grass stopped growing, so I haven't had the occasion/need to fire up the mower. However, yesterday I thought I would take one more pass at the lawn before the rains in Oregon make it impossible to mow. The mower, as expected, would not engage the starter, which is the problem I described earlier. I tried your suggestion and did not have any luck. I then connected, via jumper cables, a fully charged 12v deep cycle battery. It is not a standard car battery, but I thought it should provide a boost to the system and help starting. I noticed that the fan would spin faster when I connected this deep cycle battery, but still the starter would not spin. I messed with the control handles and then directly with the switches, which are easily accessable under the seat. Again, no luck. I am planning to remove the current battery and do a load test on it, and if it passes then throw it on a battery charger to make sure its topped off. My question, after all of this background, goes back to those safety switches. Can I pull them off and jumper across them to test if they are indeed the problem? I would not want to defeat the saftey system over any long term, as I think those switches are good idea. But at this point, frustration is setting in and I want to determine what the problem is before I loose my mind. It seems those switches are momentary contact, normally open switches which are closed when the handles are in the stop position. If so, I should be able to jumper across them to start the engine. Do you agree?
Mark
