I got a new battery in last night and got it started, full power, flew around yard no problem. Once I engaged the PTO, it engages momentary and then the engine loses all power and does not recover and dies. Then when I started it again like an hour later (no PTO), it has almost no power and just putts (runs like crap) and throws out a little smoke as its struggling to run… It did this complete cycle like a month ago before I couldn’t get it started again (think the battery was dead), this is the first time since then i had it running again. Mower blades rotate freely by hand. Any thoughts or ideas? Has 130 hours on it. Briggs 24HP Professional
PTO Kills Motor - Simplicity ZT3500 Mower
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