My JD 185 hydro won't start. Turn the key and dash lights up and kinda the starter kinda clicks. Just replaced the battery and had the starter/solenoid rebuilt, because it wouldn't start - it was just clicking! Arrrrrgh!!! I cleaned all the major electrical contacts for hots and grounds. I replaced the ignition switch last year and it seems to be working fine. Engine won't turn over though.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Mike L.
Starter was just rebuilt by pros. If it's not the starter/solenoid, or battery, or ignition switch, or positive and negative battery cables, what else could it be. Dash lights up, and it clicks when I turn the key.
Mechanics I know are scratchin' their heads on this.
The culprit was a bad connection in the brake safety switch. It was working, but apparently not well enough to allow the mower to start. So, I disconnected many of the contacts in the 26 year old mower and found many corroded. I filed and cleaned them up. On three, I actually cut off the connectors and put new connectors on them. Mowing again.
