I’m having a lot of issues with this mower. First I thought it was running out of fuel on straightaways, so I replaced the new fuel filter with another new one and the fuel pump. Ran fine after that.
next time mowing, it randomly dies. Replaced starter solenoid because it has trouble cranking the engine over and would only start wirh a jump pack helping.
So now it died. When trying to restart it would only click.
jumped the new solenoid and it would fire. It ran and then died again.
I can’t get the solenoid to work without jumping across the poles. When it does the engine would turn over and seem to lock up.
I turned the motor over with a ratchet and it sounded like grinding, like the starter was still dragging on the engine. Took the starter off and the shaft has a lot of play. And the motor rotated smoothly.
So I’m thinking that the starter was causing drag on the engine and killing it, but not sure why the engine will not crank. Could a faulty ignition switch prevent it from starting?
Thanks for any help.
I took video of turning it over and it locking up and turning it over by hand but I guess I can’t post videos
next time mowing, it randomly dies. Replaced starter solenoid because it has trouble cranking the engine over and would only start wirh a jump pack helping.
So now it died. When trying to restart it would only click.
jumped the new solenoid and it would fire. It ran and then died again.
I can’t get the solenoid to work without jumping across the poles. When it does the engine would turn over and seem to lock up.
I turned the motor over with a ratchet and it sounded like grinding, like the starter was still dragging on the engine. Took the starter off and the shaft has a lot of play. And the motor rotated smoothly.
So I’m thinking that the starter was causing drag on the engine and killing it, but not sure why the engine will not crank. Could a faulty ignition switch prevent it from starting?
Thanks for any help.
I took video of turning it over and it locking up and turning it over by hand but I guess I can’t post videos