I have an Ariens Rear Engine Rider mower, model 927069. Mice got in one winter and chewed up alot of the insulation, I fixed it once, redid it all last week, I found more chewed wires after removing battery and gas tank, that made it easier to get too, I also loosened the wiring harness under the left foot rest area so that I could pull the harness back and expose more wires to make necessary repairs on the chewed off wire insulation.
After completing above, the mower starts much better & everything worked for about 10 or 15 minutes, then the blades started disengaging again. I found that if I held the PTO switch in the momentary postion I could keep the blades rotating and I was able to finish mowing my small lawn.
I'm wondering what's happening to disengage the PTO, perhaps some safety switch like the reverse safety switch is out of adjustment. I haven't found out where this switch is yet and I'm wondering if it's even adjustable as far as position is concerned.
I'm contemplating just wiring the PTO with an on off switch to keep it running even if the reverse switch or some other switch is out of operating position.
Anybody got a better solution?
Thanks, Jim
After completing above, the mower starts much better & everything worked for about 10 or 15 minutes, then the blades started disengaging again. I found that if I held the PTO switch in the momentary postion I could keep the blades rotating and I was able to finish mowing my small lawn.
I'm wondering what's happening to disengage the PTO, perhaps some safety switch like the reverse safety switch is out of adjustment. I haven't found out where this switch is yet and I'm wondering if it's even adjustable as far as position is concerned.
I'm contemplating just wiring the PTO with an on off switch to keep it running even if the reverse switch or some other switch is out of operating position.
Anybody got a better solution?
Thanks, Jim