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Martin240

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Okay I think I found the correct diagram for the Woods. I think you got a M2560 unit.
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Something is miss wired at the Ignition switch or someone has a jumper in the wrong place or a wrong ignition switch is installed.
Wow you’re good StarTech! That’s the exact schematic from my M2560! I can’t tell that anything is miss wired or isn’t factory, it all looks OEM. I’ll try to play around w it & see if I can switch some things up & get it going. At least I have power up top now. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks again!
 

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Okay I think I found the correct diagram for the Woods. I think you got a M2560 unit.
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Something is miss wired at the Ignition switch or someone has a jumper in the wrong place or a wrong ignition switch is installed.
Ok I pulled the schematics for the switch on my M2560 & it’s wired as it’s supposed to be but I have a problem. I have continuity bw all wires A S1 S2 M & G. B is the only wire wo continuity but it’s the hot wire from my battery. In the off position I should only have cont bw M&G, Run bw A&B & Start bw A&B S1&S2. I’m about to throw in the towel. I wonder if I should buy a switch for a new Kohler instead trying to use this older switch bc it seems that the wires are gaining continuity from somewhere on the engine & how it’s wired. Unless I’m just reading this all wrong. As it stands now, the engine cranks as soon as I turn the key & wont stop cranking unless I turn it off.
 

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Okay were your resistance checks on the switch with it disconnected?
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If so then the switch is bad. Woods PN 73036 superseded to W01563700. It looks like Oregon PN Oregon 33-377, Stens 430-128, and Rotary 10723 are the after market replacements which are lower cost items.
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Of course you going need to rotate the image 180 degrees in your mind.
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Okay were your resistance checks on the switch with it disconnected?
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If so then the switch is bad. Woods PN 73036 superseded to W01563700. It looks like Oregon PN Oregon 33-377, Stens 430-128, and Rotary 10723 are the after market replacements which are lower cost items.
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Of course you going need to rotate the image 180 degrees in your mind.
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I’m really getting a lesson here. I see what you’re saying, the switch is supposed to make these connections bw AB & AB S1S2. My switch isn’t bad, it checks out correctly in all positions while it’s disconnected from the wire harness. It does not check out when the wires are connected, that’s when I’ve got continuity bw every wire except the one from the battery. I guess I could disconnect the S1& S2 wires & add an additional toggle switch to start it but that doesn’t seem like the best idea. Any suggestions as to how to fix this?
 
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