SCAG Tiger Cub will not stay running - battery drain?

[jbrass420]

Last week I was running the mower when it suddenly shut off. I tried to restart and it wouldnt. I found that the 20 amp fuse had blown. I replaced it and it fired right up.
This week when I ran it, I was mowing for about 2 hours and right towards the end of mowing the mower itself (not the engine) began to disengage or stall. So I disengaged it, re-engaged it and it ran for about 1 minute and began to stall out again. I brought it into my barn and let it sit. When I tried starting it the mower made a "clicking" sound like the battery was dead. I jumped the lawn mower with my car and it started right up. I took it for a drive and the mower started to stall again...some people call the mower the PTO? (I'm new to this kind of mower).
So basically even after jumping the mower it will stall out after approx 5-10 mins...if I jump it, it will run for 5-10 mins before stalling out.
I haven't checked much on it and am no expert, so please let me know in laymans terms what I can check and where I can find it. I'd love to fix this myself or with my buddy who is decently skilled.
Any ideas are welcome! Thanks

 

[jbrass420]

I forgot to add that the battery on the mower is brand new (1 month old). It is fully charged and not the issue itself.

 

[jbrass420]

Can anyone help me out? Here is more info...

Tested the mower last night. 13.8 volts when engine is running. When the mower is engaged and running the volts diminish slowly to 0 and then the mower stalls out. What could be causing this to happen??

 

[RussellTP]

Check the fuse. Voltage across the battery is up when the engine is running.

 

[gdubia]

I am having a similar issue...I was having to jump my Turf Tiger (27HP Kawasaki) to get it started. Once it was running, I had no issues or stalling. I finally replaced the battery, and 30 minutes into a mow, mine suddenly shut off. Battery voltage is still fine, >12 volts. Wont restart except for maybe about a second - and then suddenly shuts back off. I can't check the voltage at the battery terminals while running since it won't start. I have already replaced the 20 amp fuses on the console - they weren't blown, but one was a little charred - but it didn't fix the problem.

Did you figure out what was wrong with yours?

 

[RussellTP]

The alternator should test unhooked from the regulator, at least 26 volts, AC. The regulator hooked back up should read minimum of 13 volts. Both reading should be with engine at full throttle.

 

[Mad Mackie]

Disconnect the clutch electrical connector and check the resistance of the clutch coil by measuring the resistance across the two terminals and from each terminal to ground. Coil should read close to 3.9 Ohms and from each terminal to ground should be infinite or open when checked with an Ohmmeter.

 

[dec967]

Test the alternator at full throttle. It should read 26 volts from the regulator, thats disconnected. It should read 13 at the very mininum when hooked back up.

 

[gdubia]

My issue turned out to be the fuel cutoff solenoid. Ended up bypassing it and she started right up.