Recent content by KyleM81

It wont restart at all until i replace the coil. This has happened twice so far. It runs fine when the coil is first installed, but as soon as I turn it off the coil goes bad.

Yes I tried that. I was trying to find a wiring schematic for the original ignition switch to see if there were any resistors on that little circuit board in line of the ground wire from the factory that I would need to add, but didnt have much luck. I found a couple but they werent labeled very...

Yes we got it from the John Deere dealer. AM121810. I used a business card to set the gap

No there is no power to ignition coil. I have it configured that when I turn the key off it grounds the coil to shut it down. Correct there is no spark after I turn it off the first time and then try to restart it.

Hi folks, I have an older John Deere GT262 with the Kawasaki FC540V. The circuit board in the ignition switch went bad so I rewired the whole tractor using a generic keyed igniton switch from Autozone, and then bypassed all the safety switches as well as the PTO to work with generic toggle...