Your right they did swap no questions. Now I just got to go put it on. It showed to be shorter next to the old one so I should be back and running again.
Check the battery first. If you have load tester would be helpful. Pto puts a load on battery’s so if your battery is not strong to handle the pto but can be strong enough to start.
That happen to me on my Compact diesel 60” deck. It was a loose spindle. I tightened the bolts around the loose spindle(I shook all of the spindles to find it).
I’m looking for some help on what is causing the belt to have so much slack in it and the adjuster is maxed out. It has a new belt from dealer(aftermarket part not OE bad boy)