Craftsman Ryder

[Butch1957]

How does one trouble shoot a kill switch / switches on a Ryder. There is one up under the seat, there is one on the clutch drive and there is one on the PTO. I piged tailed the one on the seat but it still kills engine when clutch is released. PTO is the only thing that is electric. Blades move freely.

Any input would greatly help.


Thanks.


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[ILENGINE]

The best way to test the switches is to ohm them out to see if they are working. The craftsman/poulan seat switch plug has a secondary kill switch built into it so if you just unplug it, it will go into kill position. The most likely cause of your problem is probably seat switch or reverse switch.

Sometimes the seat switch on the craftsmasn will slide off the connector just enough to activate the auto kill in the harness plug.

 

[reynoldston]

remember you are working with negative power not positive