My Kohler command 20 Hp with a John deer 430-110 switch will not turn over even though it worked just fine as recent as two months ago. It had sat for over a year before I started it up last winter. Here are the steps I took to get it to turn over again.
- I replaced a bad 12 volt battery with a new one.
- I tested the switch using my multimeter. I connected the black COM lead to the unmarked male pole at 11 o'clock and the red probe to the unmarked 9 o'clock male lead and got the meter to beep. That led me to believe at least part of the switch was functioning, but
- I went ahead and tried to bypass the switch by working on the female connector. here I connected from the 1 o'clock female to the 5 o'clock female lead and from the 5 o'clock female to the 9 o'clock female hoping that was the starter lead. See photo.
- Then I saw an unconnected red wire coming off the Main positive lead on the 12 volt battery. I connected it to a white wire coming from somewhere upstream and it just sparked and got real hot but did not turn the engine over.
- 4 of the six leads are marked on the male connector. Starting at high noon and going clockwise the letters are G, B, G, M. The 9 o'clock and 11 o'clock male (upper left) leads are unmarked. please see 430-110 shot
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