murray riding mower

Savage3

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Assuming your motor is original, this should be the schematic. Read top and match to your machine. It's a start!
 

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In your case, assuming this is the proper diagram. Perform testing posted above on orange wire.
 

CLStout

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Hmmm, Ever thought about downloading the schematic? I could post it but I won't.

And that dang black lead from the stator is the AC output for lighting which this mower does not have so of course it is not connected. Someone with a poppy seed brain should been able figured that out by now but that might over tax it.

Oh well back to the dark side [just data collecting] and making parts while watching all the stupid relies to various posts. Just getting sore sides from laughing so much. Most here are just so called mechanics or just part replacers. And they are too scared to actually look up the equipment before replying. This is why I quit helping this forum. I am not going hold their hands and do the work for them without getting paid for it.
Dang, dude 👎
 

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I have been confronted with that problem in the past. What I did was run a red wire directly ( from the battery ) to the starter, ( don't connect it to the starter,just have it ready to go ). And then the black wire from the battery to the frame. I say this because I am guessing the starter you have has only one post for the red wire coming from the battery. Get all this set up and touch the red wire to the starter and see if it rotates. Using a voltmeter is probably the more pro way to do it, but what I am suggesting should tell you if the starter works.

The quick thing I did was get a very well insulated screw driver and bridge the gap on the altenator and if the starter rotates because you know the starter is perfect then the altenator is the problem, maybe even some security features are the issue. Is it one of three things, battery altenator starter or is it combo of 2 or all 3? In my case doing this, the starter did rotate and I did not have a wiring issue and replacing the altenator solved the problem.

Jim
 

ChuckBJr

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It sounds like one of your safety switches is not in a ready to start state. How many times I have seen this (self inflicted and on neighbor's riders) it's hard to say. First step - go through and VERIFY all safety switch locations are placed in the correct position to start, PTO, deck, seat, brake and any other's that may keep it from cranking. Just the other day the neighbor was all up in the engines stuff because his wouldn't start - first thing I said - are all your safety systems ready to start (of course) what about the pto lever, he slid it over one position and it started and felt pretty damn stupid. Once you are sure it is set to start and it doesn't, pull the starter switch unless you can get good access to the rear of it and with a VOM check the key positions to make sure they are closing as expected. If that checks out go through and close/open each safety switch one at a time and see if one of those is malfunctioning. Some switches you need to short with a wire stub others might need to be isolated. Most likely there will be a video online on how-to for most of these. That's a start - you will either find the problem or eliminate potential issues before getting into the more difficult issues.
 
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