diverjer
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I have a Z248F that has always had some starting problems. Seems to be that switch below the left control arm? If i get mad enough I just use screwdriver across starter solenoid. Sometimes I just lift seat up pull in the left control arm and push in the safety switch button back flat against the base of switch while I turn key and crank engine to start. Most of the time that works. Last summer I replaced the switch and things seem to go fine for months, actually until last week. I can always get it started, but have to do work arounds. Yesterday it just hardly worked at all, I didn't short across starter, but many times of manually pushing in safety switch on lower end of left control arm back to base of switch. And that didn't work every time, but finely did. Yesterday it was very hot, temperature, was 107 and that was real-not feel like temperature. Maybe it was related to temp? Still I got it started and mowed 5 acres.
Today I went to shed for other reasons, and said will let see if it's wants to crank over. Did fine 3 - 4 times in a row- no problems. Drives me crazy!
Tonight I tried something different. I pulled left arm all the way in so I knew it wouldn't crank. Had right arm all the way out like it should be for starting. Then I turned key over so it should be cranking, but I knew it wouldn't as I had left arm pulled in. Then I slowly moved the left arm out until it started cranking over. Was surprised to find I didn't have to go out that far for it to start cranking. I felt where the safety switch button was at and it was not all the way back against the base of safety switch! There was maybe 3/8 inch left that button could have been pushed back further. Plenty of room for me to feel that it wasn't back to the flat base of switch. Now that drove me a bit more crazy, as I mention earlier sometimes I had button all the way back and it didn't crank.
The switch is easy to replace and doesn't cost that much. But my question is has anyone else had this kind of problem? I once had it figured out how to unhook the plug to switch and bypass, but lost where I wrote it down. There are 4 - 5 wires, but only takes a cross between 2, I think one was orange. Anyway, I rather fix it. Thought I come here and see if anyone has had sililar issues and what they did. It has always been on the left side.
Sorry this is sooooo long.
Today I went to shed for other reasons, and said will let see if it's wants to crank over. Did fine 3 - 4 times in a row- no problems. Drives me crazy!
Tonight I tried something different. I pulled left arm all the way in so I knew it wouldn't crank. Had right arm all the way out like it should be for starting. Then I turned key over so it should be cranking, but I knew it wouldn't as I had left arm pulled in. Then I slowly moved the left arm out until it started cranking over. Was surprised to find I didn't have to go out that far for it to start cranking. I felt where the safety switch button was at and it was not all the way back against the base of safety switch! There was maybe 3/8 inch left that button could have been pushed back further. Plenty of room for me to feel that it wasn't back to the flat base of switch. Now that drove me a bit more crazy, as I mention earlier sometimes I had button all the way back and it didn't crank.
The switch is easy to replace and doesn't cost that much. But my question is has anyone else had this kind of problem? I once had it figured out how to unhook the plug to switch and bypass, but lost where I wrote it down. There are 4 - 5 wires, but only takes a cross between 2, I think one was orange. Anyway, I rather fix it. Thought I come here and see if anyone has had sililar issues and what they did. It has always been on the left side.
Sorry this is sooooo long.