Westwood T1800 none starting

[justinosssss]

Hi, hope someone can help.

Parked up my 2008 T1800 back end of last year, came to try and start, and the machine is dead. The battery is good as it has been on a maintainer, and I also swapped the battery off an older T1800 that easily spun over that mower when I tried it.

What happens, I turn on the ignition, the dash display momentarily displays some letters, I hear a relay click at the same time in the back of the pcb, then goes blank. Pressing the start button has no effect.

What I have tried with no effect

1. Bypass ignition switch
2. Bypass the seat and handbrake kill switches
3. checked fuses
4. cleaned connections to the pcb and checked for lose connectors etc
5. shorted solenoid - engine spins freely

I have run out of ideas. Is it possibly a faulty pcb - they are pricey, so dont want to buy one and find it is something else - been there, done that with a shogun lighting pcb - turned out to be faulty tow hitch wiring. Could it be a faulty solenoid not supplying power back to the dashboard?

Thanks

Justin