Starting problems.

[Bagpiper]

I had read about the problem with FERRIS that starts ok but stalls when the hand brake is released. Quite a few remedies were suggested but I found that they were not successful. A few days after more annoying stalls, I had a good look again at the dipper switch on the seat frame. I thought that the switch itself was not sinking deep enough so I super glued a 2mm thick piece of plastic onto the bottom frame of the seat where the switch lands and hey presto! - problem solved. I had a few better qualified people than me work on this but none came up with a permanent solution which explained why it was a matter of luck if the switch depressed enough EVERY time, which it did not. I hope this may help with anyone else getting annoyed with this design fault.

 

[ILENGINE]

I had read about the problem with FERRIS that starts ok but stalls when the hand brake is released. Quite a few remedies were suggested but I found that they were not successful. A few days after more annoying stalls, I had a good look again at the dipper switch on the seat frame. I thought that the switch itself was not sinking deep enough so I super glued a 2mm thick piece of plastic onto the bottom frame of the seat where the switch lands and hey presto! - problem solved. I had a few better qualified people than me work on this but none came up with a permanent solution which explained why it was a matter of luck if the switch depressed enough EVERY time, which it did not. I hope this may help with anyone else getting annoyed with this design fault.

Ran into this exact issue last year on new Kubota seat. Replacement seat was slightly different than the original and design wouldn't allow proper seat switch actiivation. For other issues sometimes people don't weigh enough to properly depress the seat.

 

[Auto Doc's]

I see this happen often on several models when the parents try to let the kids mow with their rider.

Of course, the first request is to bypass the seat switch. MY answer is NO! and I will not give them any wiring information to attempt it themself.

 

[slomo]

sometimes people don't weigh enough to properly depress the seat.

HA-HA-HA!!!!! Not in Oklahoma. We have walking diabetes all over the place here LOL.

 

[Auto Doc's]

We have the same (poor foods) health epidemic down here in much of South Texas. Barbacoa and Menudo along with lots of Big Red and Dr. Pepper sodas.

 

[slomo]

Ha, we have the State Fair going on now. Triple deep fried butter bacon and so on. It's hard to find a slim person around here. All the gyms like Gold's and so on go bankrupt.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

Little Debbie, the snack of yard men.

 

[Douglas Lee]

Thanks for sharing that seat switch trick!
Douglas Lee
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