Hello, Let me introduce myself. I am Don Cook and I live in southeast Missouri. I have had my Cub Cadet riding lawn mower for about ten years. I have done oil and filter changes and other routine maintenance. I try to do all of the repairs needed around our house. I am having a problem with my lawn tractor that I need help with. My efforts to resolve the problem are listed below. I would appreciate any suggestion and help the members of the forum can provide.
I shut off the motor to my Cub Cadet 1525 the other day and found the starter still whining. I turned the key to the on position and back to the off position and the whining continued. I had to disconnect the battery to get the whining to stop. I waited a few minutes and reconnected the battery and tried to start the motor. Nothing happened. I applied 12 volts to the solenoid coil lead and did not hear any click or get any continuity across the large poles. So, I replaced the solenoid assuming that the solenoid was the cause of the problem. Still had the problem.
I then searched on-line and found the Cub Cadet Service Manual for 1000/1500 Series Riding Tractors. I have found the section on checking the start-up safety components (seat switch, brake switch, and PTO switch). I have checked each of these switches and they pass continuity tests. I tested for voltage drop. The voltage I first got at the lead to the solenoid coil was between 6 and 7 volts. I continued the voltage drop testing and discovered the key switch was dropping the voltage roughly 6 volts. I replaced the key switch and still the solenoid will not kick in and start the motor.
I have checked the ground connection of the solenoid to the frame and it is good. I even ran an insulated 12 gauge solid copper wire from the frame of the solenoid to the batteries ground post as second solid ground. Still will not startup.
I am able to turn the key to run position and then connect a battery jumper cable to the starter's post and then touch the other end of the battery jumper cable to the positive post of the battery and the motor will start and run until I shut the key off.
Here are the questions that I have:
1. Am I correct in my belief that my model 1525 is a part of the 1500 series? (I ask this because several of the pictures in the manual are different on my mower.)
2. Will the mower run with the "RMC" module removed?
3. On page 77 in paragraph 38.18, the manual speaks of an "OCR plug" what is the OCR plug and where is it located?
4. Is there a technique to wire around each of the safety switches one at a time to determine which one is bad?
5. Does anyone have other suggestions to determine what is preventing this mower from starting?
Thanks, Don
I shut off the motor to my Cub Cadet 1525 the other day and found the starter still whining. I turned the key to the on position and back to the off position and the whining continued. I had to disconnect the battery to get the whining to stop. I waited a few minutes and reconnected the battery and tried to start the motor. Nothing happened. I applied 12 volts to the solenoid coil lead and did not hear any click or get any continuity across the large poles. So, I replaced the solenoid assuming that the solenoid was the cause of the problem. Still had the problem.
I then searched on-line and found the Cub Cadet Service Manual for 1000/1500 Series Riding Tractors. I have found the section on checking the start-up safety components (seat switch, brake switch, and PTO switch). I have checked each of these switches and they pass continuity tests. I tested for voltage drop. The voltage I first got at the lead to the solenoid coil was between 6 and 7 volts. I continued the voltage drop testing and discovered the key switch was dropping the voltage roughly 6 volts. I replaced the key switch and still the solenoid will not kick in and start the motor.
I have checked the ground connection of the solenoid to the frame and it is good. I even ran an insulated 12 gauge solid copper wire from the frame of the solenoid to the batteries ground post as second solid ground. Still will not startup.
I am able to turn the key to run position and then connect a battery jumper cable to the starter's post and then touch the other end of the battery jumper cable to the positive post of the battery and the motor will start and run until I shut the key off.
Here are the questions that I have:
1. Am I correct in my belief that my model 1525 is a part of the 1500 series? (I ask this because several of the pictures in the manual are different on my mower.)
2. Will the mower run with the "RMC" module removed?
3. On page 77 in paragraph 38.18, the manual speaks of an "OCR plug" what is the OCR plug and where is it located?
4. Is there a technique to wire around each of the safety switches one at a time to determine which one is bad?
5. Does anyone have other suggestions to determine what is preventing this mower from starting?
Thanks, Don