This is for an L130 with Kohler engine.
Recently the belt to the deck stretched, came off and jammed in the pulleys. When it did that I got some gray smoke coming up which I assumed was from the PTO pulley still running on the stuck belt. However, when I began working on the deck, I opened the hood and found the wiring harness was fried. I rebuilt the deck and found a new wiring harness online. On install I found the old harness had 6 wires to the PTO switch and lower coupler but the new one had only 4. Every wiring schematic I've found shows the 4 wire connectors so I have no idea where the 6 wire ever came from. Now with the new harness wired up the engine only starts if I have the PTO switch in the on (pulled out) position. Once the engine is running I can turn the PTO switch off and the engine keeps running. The PTO, however, will not engage. I've traced the wiring with the schematic and everything seems to match up, so I'm now at a loss as to what's happening. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks to all of you!
Recently the belt to the deck stretched, came off and jammed in the pulleys. When it did that I got some gray smoke coming up which I assumed was from the PTO pulley still running on the stuck belt. However, when I began working on the deck, I opened the hood and found the wiring harness was fried. I rebuilt the deck and found a new wiring harness online. On install I found the old harness had 6 wires to the PTO switch and lower coupler but the new one had only 4. Every wiring schematic I've found shows the 4 wire connectors so I have no idea where the 6 wire ever came from. Now with the new harness wired up the engine only starts if I have the PTO switch in the on (pulled out) position. Once the engine is running I can turn the PTO switch off and the engine keeps running. The PTO, however, will not engage. I've traced the wiring with the schematic and everything seems to match up, so I'm now at a loss as to what's happening. Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks to all of you!