I have a castelgarden tc102 which is a project. I got it running today after changing the coil and it started. I gave it a drive with disasterous results. How do i stop the blooming thing. It runs when I'm not on the seat and it runs when i take my foot of the pedal. The only way seems to be is by pushing the throttle right up to the choke position but that goes against logic as you accelerate more first
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How do i stop it
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Export threadAre you sure that you reattached the kill wire when installing the new coil. Please tell us everything you have done while working on this project. Without more information we will just be guessing as how to solve this problem. This manual may be of some help. https://www.worldofmowers.co.uk/UploadedWorkshopFiles/05791f9c-0049-44d7-9a45-9bc9326172b5.PDF
Yeah i re attached the kill switch. I bought it as a project and all I've done is replace the coil and plug. I've read that if the seat is up it stops the engine but mine doesn't and if i take my foot of the pedal it carries on. It seems the only way is pushing the throttle forward into what i thought was the choke position then it stalls.Are you sure that you reattached the kill wire when installing the new coil. Please tell us everything you have done while working on this project. Without more information we will just be guessing as how to solve this problem. This manual may be of some help. https://www.worldofmowers.co.uk/UploadedWorkshopFiles/05791f9c-0049-44d7-9a45-9bc9326172b5.PDF
You are going to find where the kill wire going to the coil is not connected properly. Use the manual I enclosed which has has excellent wiring diagrams and troubleshooting procedures on how-to test various components. Post back with what you find.
I cleaned up the original but didn't work so bought a new one which does work but just can't turn it off. Also when moving how do i stop it as there isn't a brake pedalWondering on the original coil, you might try polishing up the mounting area to provide a good ground again. Might make that coil fire off??.
Oh my gosh. You have a dangerous machine there. Hope your cars and trucks have brakes LOL.Also when moving how do i stop it as there isn't a brake pedal
Do as Rivets suggested above.You are going to find where the kill wire going to the coil is not connected properly. Use the manual I enclosed which has has excellent wiring diagrams and troubleshooting procedures on how-to test various components. Post back with what you find.
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People are idiots and some of the bigger idiots see it as an act freedom to totally dissable all safety switches.
The small wire on the coil is a kill wire and should be open circuit in the run position & ground in the off position.
On a lot of mowers the ground is provided through the key switch by a short ground strap going to the G terminal on the back of the switch
And some others use the body of the switch to create the ground path
If you have to use it before you have time to find the fault & repair it then run a wire from the magneto to the drivers area where you can grab it and make a ground contact to stop the engine.
There is a brake somewhere on the mower
We don't get Castle Garden ( or any other Stiga products apart from STIGA ) so I have no access to your owners manual
If there is a clutch pedal, it doubles as the brake pedal
The small wire on the coil is a kill wire and should be open circuit in the run position & ground in the off position.
On a lot of mowers the ground is provided through the key switch by a short ground strap going to the G terminal on the back of the switch
And some others use the body of the switch to create the ground path
If you have to use it before you have time to find the fault & repair it then run a wire from the magneto to the drivers area where you can grab it and make a ground contact to stop the engine.
There is a brake somewhere on the mower
We don't get Castle Garden ( or any other Stiga products apart from STIGA ) so I have no access to your owners manual
If there is a clutch pedal, it doubles as the brake pedal