Recent content by djg618

Yes, as far as I know. I don't have to routinely charge the battery.

To reply to a couple of you guys suggestions (@Davenj4f , @ILENGINE , @LMPPLUS , @outdoorpowermike). I've cleaned the cooling fins before so that's not the issue. I checked both coils for spark right after it dies and both sides have spark. I'm ordering a PTO switch since sometimes I have to...

Thanks everyone for your replies. I'm not going to reply to each individually, but I do appreciate your ideas and am going to look into each one. I'll be mowing again Monday or Tuesday. Tomorrow looks dry, so I'll roll out the mower and do a few things to it. Me and the previous owner never...

It feels a lot hotter when it dies. True this could just be the effect of the run time. Plus, on another forum, it was brought up that gas starvation, either due to a dirty carb or plugged fuel line/filter/tank would cause the engine to run hotter, thus causing a vapor lock in the fuel system...

It shuts off all at once. No sputtering. Also, I forgot to mention, the first thing I did was to remove the shrouds and clean everything.

I've got a Kawasaki FH680V in my zero turn mower that apparently overheats and shuts off after 40 minutes of mowing. I've changed the fuel lines, filter, solenoid and pump as well as the spark plugs. The gas caps are relatively new and are vented and clean. It does surge when the PTO is...