Thanks, pointed in right direction now. My model is a lot different but by disconnecting quick connect i got it to fire up. now need to figure watts shorting out may be bad key switch? I guess if that doesn't do it i could leave quick connect apart and refeed fuel solenoid. Machine doesn't owe me anything. Bought it over 16 years ago and has seen better days. Thanks again !
The kill wire is a ground wire so it is either open or closed to ground which makes it easy to test
I strongly suggest buying the JD technical manual for your mower
It costs 1 to 2 hours of technicians labour charge so pays for itself the first time you fix something
Very unlikely to be the key switch
Most likely to be a seat or parking brake switch, or the wires between them
Remember as it is a ground circut, if a wire is chaffed through and touches bare metal it will ground so no spark.
The manual will have a wiring diagram so you will know what colour is which wire .
JD has a habit of changing the colour every time a wire passes through a switch which makes electrical fault finding without the manual an "interesting" job.
Even worse is they can change colour codes mid season just to confound would be mechanics .
