John Deere L130 - No guts!

[NorthBama]

Sounds like something is loose.

The pto runs off of the voltage regulator.
You should be able to reach while sitting in the seat and leaning over.

With the blades on wiggle the wires on it.
Also move the pto switch side to side.
It's going to be a bad wire or a bad connection or ground.

Does the mower have a amp meter on it?

Could be the charging system is not keeping the battery charged to full charge. The pto clutch loads up the battery

 

[Wildcat]

Could you clarify the exact symptom. When you say it cuts off does the blades stop completely or does its wind down.


So my advise to you is this:

MOWER NOT RUNNING: check the PTO cable to make sure its moving the pulley all the way and also check to see if the cable is bent or feels like its broken on the inside.

MOWER RUNNING: First disconnect the seat safety switch so you can get off the mower when its running, turn on the PTO and look underneath the frame and watch the belts and pulleys. You might have a belt jumping or a pulley locking up.

Please be careful when you look under the mower when its running. Remember thats all you have to do.....just look. Don't reach for anything until you kill the motor and everythings stops moving.

 

[1996redford150]

Had a similar problem, found one of the spark plug wires broke in a hard to see area