Hello I have a 2008 Super Z (416hrs) and my PTO will not engage. I took it out to mow the other day, pulled the switch, blades engaged for a second and then stopped. I pulled the switch several more times, nothing, I lowered the RPM and pulled the switch and it killed the engine. When I restarted it worked fine, until I had to turn them off to drop over an edge. I backed onto a set of car ramps, pulled the pigtail and verified 12v (13+ when running), visually checked the wires, fuses, everything looked good, battery is 8 months old. Started back up worked fine, on and off several times for the next hour or so with no problems. I turned the off to speak to my wife, when I turned them on and went 5 feet or so and they disengaged, and could not get them to come on again. in the garage I noticed the PTO date was replaced early 2015 just before I bought it from the previous <deleted> I felt it was a little soon for it to have failed again. I forced a wire into the backside of the PTO's red pigtail and touched the battery with a good solid click. Needing to mow I safely routed the wire by my control panel added a switch, fuse and connectors, taped everything up and finished mowing with no issues. I would pull my normal switch then the switch I added, if I raised up from the seat the safety would still kill the engine. I'm thinking a bad relay, under the control panel? any thoughts would be appreciated, Thank you.
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