GGSlingray
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Picked up this pretty nice Murray about 2 weeks ago for a song. Well, not really a song, it was a barter deal and at first, I thought it was a junker.
I hosed it off took a closer look and it was in really good condition. The dude said the battery and solenoid were toast.
Battery said 06/22 I thought maybe I'll get lucky and sure enough after a charge batt was good!. The dangling 4 post solenoid trigger was disconnected as was the ground to battery.
So, I mounted the solenoid connected the GND to Batt and connected the trigger. I preceded to try and crank er over and got nothing. After a few times of making sure the brake was depressed and the gear lever was in neutral she finely cranked over and started right up. So, after that I started to really clean er up and the briggs 16.5hp was surging so I cleaned the carburetor up also.
When I got er, the wiring loom was draped across the engine shroud, and it was all single wires not tied/taped/zipped together. I moved the wiring , zip tied and taped them up.
In the back of my mind, I'm thinking this could be a mistake, and when I try to start er again she's gonna Not. Unfortunately, the back of my mind thinking was correct. After I got her all cleaned up and tried to start her again I got nothing. After a few times of making sure the brake was depressed and the gear lever was in neutral I still got nothing. Next I made up a wire to go from the key switch S pole to the trigger and I also made up a ground wire to go from the the frame to the small ground pole. I gave her a crank and she started right up. I let it worm up for a minute then, I pulled both the trigger wire and the small ground off the solenoid. I thought that when I pulled those wires off it would kill the engine but nope, she just kept running. So, now I reconnected the original trigger wire and the original ground and she still kept running even though the brake pedal was not depressed and the pto lever was in the engage position. I net move was to lift the seat and then she died. I did test the PTO and brake safety switches for continuity and they both worked. Obviously, I don't know too much about electrical, my thought is that I have a short somewhere, like a chafed wire. So, my question is, what my next step is to try. Sorry, if I'm a little long winded here. I will post more pictures today. Thanks for any advice.
I hosed it off took a closer look and it was in really good condition. The dude said the battery and solenoid were toast.
Battery said 06/22 I thought maybe I'll get lucky and sure enough after a charge batt was good!. The dangling 4 post solenoid trigger was disconnected as was the ground to battery.
So, I mounted the solenoid connected the GND to Batt and connected the trigger. I preceded to try and crank er over and got nothing. After a few times of making sure the brake was depressed and the gear lever was in neutral she finely cranked over and started right up. So, after that I started to really clean er up and the briggs 16.5hp was surging so I cleaned the carburetor up also.
When I got er, the wiring loom was draped across the engine shroud, and it was all single wires not tied/taped/zipped together. I moved the wiring , zip tied and taped them up.
In the back of my mind, I'm thinking this could be a mistake, and when I try to start er again she's gonna Not. Unfortunately, the back of my mind thinking was correct. After I got her all cleaned up and tried to start her again I got nothing. After a few times of making sure the brake was depressed and the gear lever was in neutral I still got nothing. Next I made up a wire to go from the key switch S pole to the trigger and I also made up a ground wire to go from the the frame to the small ground pole. I gave her a crank and she started right up. I let it worm up for a minute then, I pulled both the trigger wire and the small ground off the solenoid. I thought that when I pulled those wires off it would kill the engine but nope, she just kept running. So, now I reconnected the original trigger wire and the original ground and she still kept running even though the brake pedal was not depressed and the pto lever was in the engage position. I net move was to lift the seat and then she died. I did test the PTO and brake safety switches for continuity and they both worked. Obviously, I don't know too much about electrical, my thought is that I have a short somewhere, like a chafed wire. So, my question is, what my next step is to try. Sorry, if I'm a little long winded here. I will post more pictures today. Thanks for any advice.