I have this Yardman 38" with a 13.5 HP Briggs. I was out mowing a few days ago when everything quit.
I've owned this since 2000 so it was four years old before I bought it from an ACE hardware store.
I've replace two batteries. The carberator solenoid stopped working so I installed a manual cutoff switch in the DC line off the battery. It worked. I have disabled a few of the safety switches and the mower worked great up until last week. Now I'm trying to trouble shoot it.
I press the start safety off the foot pedal and turn the ignition switch to start and I get nothing. I hitched up a meter to the battery and read 12.35 volts. With the switch on START the battery voltage doesn't indicate a discharge at all on the meter. With the solenoid switch ON, the meter also indicates nothing.
I'm going to try to trouble shoot this thing systematically. I'll try a jumper wire from the battery POS to the start solenoid coil lead and see if anything happens. I'll try to jump out the solenoid itself with a heavy gauge wire and see if the engine turns over. If I still get nothing - what do I look for?
I've owned this since 2000 so it was four years old before I bought it from an ACE hardware store.
I've replace two batteries. The carberator solenoid stopped working so I installed a manual cutoff switch in the DC line off the battery. It worked. I have disabled a few of the safety switches and the mower worked great up until last week. Now I'm trying to trouble shoot it.
I press the start safety off the foot pedal and turn the ignition switch to start and I get nothing. I hitched up a meter to the battery and read 12.35 volts. With the switch on START the battery voltage doesn't indicate a discharge at all on the meter. With the solenoid switch ON, the meter also indicates nothing.
I'm going to try to trouble shoot this thing systematically. I'll try a jumper wire from the battery POS to the start solenoid coil lead and see if anything happens. I'll try to jump out the solenoid itself with a heavy gauge wire and see if the engine turns over. If I still get nothing - what do I look for?