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My dixie chopper runs fine idle are full throttle. If you try move forward it starts to stall, if you let it run and put your foot on the bumper and bounce mower it will start to stall. I replaced carburetor, new fuel filter, and fuel pump. New gas ran from clear glass jar. If you engage blades run fine, it only stalls if it moves .

CORMIEMW said:

My dixie chopper runs fine idle are full throttle. If you try move forward it starts to stall, if you let it run and put your foot on the bumper and bounce mower it will start to stall. I replaced carburetor, new fuel filter, and fuel pump. New gas ran from clear glass jar. If you engage blades run fine, it only stalls if it moves .

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I use to have the same problem with my JD with the same engine. Two things solved my problem, 1) check the seat sensor and by pass it so it will work when you are not sitting on the unit. 2) the engagement lever was pressing the wires on the side of the harness in the turn box causing the unit to stall.

Hope that helps

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FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY AND THAT OF OTHERS IN THE AREA WHERE YOU MOW DO NOT DISABLE THE ONLY WORTHWHILE SAFETY ITEM ON A MOWER, THE SEAT SWITCH

Yes I am shouting, screaming,shaking you violently and foaming at the mouth.

The seat switch is wired to the PTO switch to shut the mower down if the blades are rotating and your bum ain't where it is supposed to be,
The seat switch is wired to the brake switch to shut the mower down if the mower moves and your bum ain't where it is supposed to be.

The MOTION CONTROL SWITCHES and the PARKING BRAKE switch are wired together to shut down the mower if you try to use it to hammer your head into the ground using the mower flipped over by the rear wheels.

So your problem will lie in one or both of them
All the wires to the motion control switches are ground wires while on pair on the brake switch will usually be a power wire ( to the starter ) and the other will be a ground circuit to the magneto kill wire.
The latter is the one that is giving you greif either insde the switch or between the switches you are getting a ground short which are a PIA to find.
BE carefull if you send 12 V don any kill wire it will kill the magneto, stone dead, not cheap.

WOW!!


My intent was for him to determine what was the issue. In my case the seat switch was the issue, but an adjustment on the other solved the problem.

Safety is number 1, I agree.

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