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Hey guys as you can see by the picture hopefully im not sure what im doing. Someone has messed with this thing without my permission and now i am now sure exactly how to wire the solonoid back. My question is, what goes on the two spade connectors, right now i have two black wire with a female connector on them, which im pretty sure goes on there, but then i have the two white wires twisted together and i believe a spade connector was cut from there. Then there are two black wires with a jumper type connector on it which basically ties it back into itself. also i have this blue wire running down from the switch which had a connnector on it but now its just grounded to the frame bolt which grounds the solonoid. Please help me im over my head. lol

Please post the model number from the serial number tag. Then I can post a a wiring schematic.

Im not sure im following your question. Its a craftsman DJT 3000 18.5 OHV

Apparently my English is clear enough.

There is at least versions of the DLT 3000 so hopefully I picked the right schematic.

There is a tag usually under the seat area, post a pic of it.

Heaven only knows what is going on there
The spades at the bottom , one will go to ground and the other will only show battery voltage when the key is in the start position .
It does not matter which way they are connected
The ground is normally a short wire that comes from one of the mounting bolts which on your mower looks like a blue wire.
I will hazard a guess that one of the safety switches was not working and the mess down there was an attempt to work around the problem rather than fix it .

Im so sorry, I didn't know where to look. Its actually a model 917.274822

bertsmobile1 said:

Heaven only knows what is going on there
The spades at the bottom , one will go to ground and the other will only show battery voltage when the key is in the start position .
It does not matter which way they are connected
The ground is normally a short wire that comes from one of the mounting bolts which on your mower looks like a blue wire.
I will hazard a guess that one of the safety switches was not working and the mess down there was an attempt to work around the problem rather than fix it .

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yea, the blue one comes down from the switch and i just added a short piece to ground on the back of the solonoid *shrugs* lol
Also, the starter has a ground wire i am assuming i am missing as well right? You cant see from the picture but there is just the one large red running into the starter itself. Does it get a ground wire from that tiny stud on top of it going into the heatshield?

There should be a heavy ground cable running from the battery to the body.
I usually run one all the way to the engine then replace one of the engine self tapping bolts with a long one to anchor the ground cable to .
From the wiring diagram Star has been good enough to post shows a dual circuit alternator but if the DPO fitted a proper rectifier regulator then it would need a ground and the starter bolts area good ground .
B & S usually run a wire from the rear blower housing bolt which is a PIA to refit .

Normally the blue is not attached to the starter solenoid. It provides power to the fuel solenoid; therefore, if connected to the battery hot side it would drain the battery while the engine off. It also can damage the fuel solenoid if solenoid is continuously powered up.

Actually the wiring schematic don't even show the small red wire attached to the solenoid as they intended for the stator to be only connect via the ignition switch while the switch is in the run and start positions. Hence connected to the blue wire only. But it can be connected as in the image, just not to blue wire. The blue goes to the fuel solenoid.

BTW the starter is grounded via the engine to frame connection.

Man a huge thank you Star! and also everyone else.
So in the picture the two white wires i have twisted together, i need a female spade connector coming off them to one side of the solonoid and then also plug the black wires with the female spade connector onto the other side of the solonoid. I have the large black wire connected to the frame which will connect to the battery. But just so i am straight here, a large red wire comes from the solonoid to the starter, then i should ground the starter from the post on the top of it?

sorry i missed you reply, yes the blue wire is connected to the back of the solonoid from which my understanding is a ground as well

so there must be a wire cut somewhere going to the fuel solonoid that the blue wire would connect to that i am missing somewhere, also, the white wires do they go to the starter solonoid together like that?

ok so me in my 39 year old wisdom decided to leave the white tied together but instead cut the white at the ignition and try the solenoid bypass, and while i was at it i tried the magneto bypass as well, except there were two black wires coming out from the magneto clip on the ignition, one with the white stripe, i decided to try that one and left the other solid black wire untouched. I done away with the blue wire at the solenoid and left it hanging bare from the ignition, now i get a constant "click click click" when i turn the ignition.. should i bypass the solid black as well? It couldnt be the wire coming from the carb right because its not even turning over. Also, I dont know why im tripping over the starter needing a ground wire from the top post to the heat shield because i dont have that], and i feel that it might be needed.