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    Quote Originally Posted by OSFG View Post
    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.
    The previous owner told me when the blades and shroud were up the blade would continue to spin, which it's not supposed to. His work around was just turning off the motor and then restarting. The blade wouldn't engage again until it was in the down position. So I'm thinking you maybe onto something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KnuteFartne View Post
    The previous owner told me when the blades and shroud were up the blade would continue to spin, which it's not supposed to. His work around was just turning off the motor and then restarting. The blade wouldn't engage again until it was in the down position. So I'm thinking you maybe onto something.

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    Can we please get a picture of this mower contraption thing-a-ma-jig?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slippy View Post
    Can we please get a picture of this mower contraption thing-a-ma-jig?

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    Ask and ye shall yada yada yada...

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    Quote Originally Posted by KnuteFartne View Post
    Ask and ye shall yada yada yada...

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    Excellent looking little mower.

    If it were me, I'd take the sumbitch apart, cuss and throw a few wrenches, put it back together, wonder what the extra parts are for then trade it in for one that works!

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    O.K., dumb question time:

    Is there gas in it?
    BAH FUCKING HUMBUG!

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    Quote Originally Posted by TJC44 View Post
    O.K., dumb question time:

    Is there gas in it?
    How would an empty tank prevent the starter motor from engaging?
    Keep calm and try setting SCE to AUX.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slippy View Post
    Excellent looking little mower.

    If it were me, I'd take the sumbitch apart, cuss and throw a few wrenches, put it back together, wonder what the extra parts are for then trade it in for one that works!
    Funny enough there is a little lawn mower repair/service place just down the street. I would like to take it over to them if I can't figure it out but the problem is 1. I'm not sure how to get it there. 2. They aren't open on weekends (which is weird to me). I work during the week and don't get home until about 6p and they are closed.

    Quote Originally Posted by TJC44 View Post
    O.K., dumb question time:

    Is there gas in it?
    First thing I checked.
    "That guy has the right idea, he wore the brown pants today!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sasquatch View Post
    Funny enough there is a little lawn mower repair/service place just down the street. I would like to take it over to them if I can't figure it out but the problem is 1. I'm not sure how to get it there. 2. They aren't open on weekends (which is weird to me). I work during the week and don't get home until about 6p and they are closed.



    First thing I checked.
    OK Sasquatch,

    Unwritten rule of New Casa Grande Ranchette Owners like yourself;

    Get a Trailer. Learn how to back it up.

    Nothing pisses me off more than a dadgum ranch owner who doesn't have a trailer to move things in and out and around his little ranch.

    Also, teach your children (and try to teach your wife if you're an idiot like me) to back up the trailer while hitched to your truck. If you can teach a young person to back up a trailer at the same time they are learning to drive, it will be much easier than teaching an old driver how to back up a trailer. Old habits make for shitty trailer operators, what I say!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slippy View Post
    OK Sasquatch,

    Unwritten rule of New Casa Grande Ranchette Owners like yourself;

    Get a Trailer. Learn how to back it up.

    Nothing pisses me off more than a dadgum ranch owner who doesn't have a trailer to move things in and out and around his little ranch.

    Also, teach your children (and try to teach your wife if you're an idiot like me) to back up the trailer while hitched to your truck. If you can teach a young person to back up a trailer at the same time they are learning to drive, it will be much easier than teaching an old driver how to back up a trailer. Old habits make for shitty trailer operators, what I say!
    In a previous life...
    Ex-hubby, before he bought his first semi, bought a toy truck & trailer - and sat on the floor for hours playing with it, backing it up, seeing how doing this caused that to happen, etc. Before I hooked a little trailer to my car - I borrowed that little toy. Smartest thing I ever did.

    In this life...
    Tom taught me to put my hands at the bottom of the steering wheel, look in the rear-view mirror, and which ever way I want the trailer to move - move my hands in that direction. It works, but he can back up his own dang boat ffs. LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by KnuteFartne View Post
    Ask and ye shall yada yada yada...

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    IM by far NOT AN EXPERT, but there is a safety built in, for the blade engagement, and its also just operated by belt tension, the previous owner installed a belt that is too tight, and it is keeping the blades turning. (SHOULD be any easy fix, You don't want the blades engages when driving over gravel or bad ground, so fix that as soon as you fix the starting issue)
    I should have asked this IMPORTANT question first "IS it turning over and not starting" or no nothing. If it turns over and tries, yes, its one or more safety switches, and can be tracked, bypassed and then repaired. A million different easy things, You should be able to run through...
    Pretty fair looking mower, and the bagging system is great.
    Also, look up the free repair and Operator manual, it should have belt sizes.
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