Help me ride my mower

[Sasquatch]

I inherited a riding lawn mower with the new house. Only problem is it won't go vroom vroom. I turn of the ignition and I get nothing. No click, no buzz, nothing. I bought a new battery thinking it might be that but no, still nothing.

I pretty good with normal vehicle maintenance but not great at troubleshooting something like this. My first thought is an ignition wire is lose. Any thoughts?

[Broncosfan]

I inherited a riding lawn mower with the new house. Only problem is it won't go vroom vroom. I turn of the ignition and I get nothing. No click, no buzz, nothing. I bought a new battery thinking it might be that but no, still nothing.

I pretty good with normal vehicle maintenance but not great at troubleshooting something like this. My first thought is an ignition wire is lose. Any thoughts?

try the solenoid if its an older mover you can check it by crossing a screwdriver a crossed the posted and see if it tries to start

[Back Pack Hack]

Might be a safety switch somewhere. Under the seat is a common one. Are the blades disengaged?

[Inor]

I inherited a riding lawn mower with the new house. Only problem is it won't go vroom vroom. I turn of the ignition and I get nothing. No click, no buzz, nothing. I bought a new battery thinking it might be that but no, still nothing.

I pretty good with normal vehicle maintenance but not great at troubleshooting something like this. My first thought is an ignition wire is lose. Any thoughts?

It's a snowflake mower! You feed it. You maintain it. You pay for insurance on it. But it cannot be expected to do anything for you! My best advice is: pour gas all over it and set it on fire!!! And then scream BERNIE SUCKS!! BERNIE SUCKS!!! BERNIE SUCKS!!! at it as long as you can until it explodes. Then bring the marshmallows.

It may not mow your grass, but it will sure be a fun time!

[Dwight55]

Without pictures, . . . it didn't happen.

May God bless,
Dwight

[Slippy]

I inherited a riding lawn mower with the new house. Only problem is it won't go vroom vroom. I turn of the ignition and I get nothing. No click, no buzz, nothing. I bought a new battery thinking it might be that but no, still nothing.

I pretty good with normal vehicle maintenance but not great at troubleshooting something like this. My first thought is an ignition wire is lose. Any thoughts?

Build a bunch of raised beds and plant a huge vegetable garden in your lawn. Leave a small amount of lawn grass to mow to appease your wife since she owns the va-gina. Buy a battery powered push mower to mow the small amount of lawn grass that you have left.

I know a guy who knows a guy who did this...

[hawgrider]

Might be a safety switch somewhere. Under the seat is a common one. Are the blades disengaged?

Also a reverse safety switch these days.

[hawgrider]

try the solenoid if its an older mover you can check it by crossing a screwdriver a crossed the posted and see if it tries to start

Also a firm blow with a BFH to the starter motor may free up a stuck starter solenoid.

Get a 12 volt test light to help see where the juice is and isn't.

[Deebo]

If its a craftsman or similar, they have a fuse, a seat safety switch, a clutch safety switch, wont start if the blades are "engaged" all kinds off stuff, that can usually be defeated, buy jumping the solenoid, and a good hot battery.
I am getting pretty good at messing with them, I purchased my sixth one last night, for 50 bucks, the extra seat and good set of tires he threw in were worth the 50...
Get me picture, look under the hood for a blown fuse, and well go from there.
There is also a 50 cent diode that pops, and wont allow the battery to charge up while its running...

[OSFG]

Also a reverse safety switch these days.

and a blade engaged cut off. Best thing I can recommend is take your batter connect jumper cable to ground and then positive to starter. If it turns over then its purely a wiring issue where there is bad ignition switch, clutch engagement switch, etc. Use a simple voltmeter and continuity check to then trouble shoot until you find it.