Recent content by hikerboy

Still no crank after cleaning starter bolts and starter body/engine block. Sanded and cleaned all harness terminal connections. Swapped interlock switches, cleaned ground wire connections from Deadman switch. But will crank if I ground separately from negative post to mower frame. I guess I...

Thank you! Tomorrow I will remove the starter, clean the bolts and bolt holes, and the starter bracket. Will also look at the wires again, I did clean/wire brush the terminals and the connectors as much as I could. Safety interlock switch seems to be working fine.

Bingo. Starter spins with negative jumper wire grounded to frame. Any guess where to chase the bad ground? Thank you!

12 volts at the starter when key is turned to start. So obviously my issue is in the starter. Weird that it will spin on the workbench when 12 volts are applied to it, but not when installed on mower. I grounded it on the bench, maybe I have a grounding issue?

I recently picked up a craigslist $25 1995 Snapper RP21550E electric start self propelled mower. Filthy and neglected. Briggs 5.5 Quantum engine, starts easily by pull rope, runs great after installing new carb, air cleaner primer backing plate, and spark plug. I checked all the connections...

I managed to find a youtube video on adjusting the governor - - voila, good to go!

I recently acquired a 1993 Snapper P21500 self-propelled mower with a Briggs "Signature Series" 5.5 engine for free - - mower starts easily but I'm having issues with a dodgy and sensitive throttle control. It will seriously over-rev on high speed throttle, and seems to hunt for the correct RPM...