Recent content by Hefner

Thanks for the advice.

I have a friend who has a ride on mower that hasn’t been used for since 2016. The mower was bought from new in 2015. The mower has been kept inside all the time and I understand that the battery has been regularly on a trickle charger. I have my own ride on mower and have kept it going for the...

i appear to have sorted the issue. I have no disconnected the bagger switch and everything works fine.

Thanks Tractorguy. Luckily I had a spare carb so just changed it over. Drained all the oil and and refilled and engine started again. I have now disconnected the kill wire and engine started and when I engaged the blades the engine did not shut down. I presume that this means it is a definitely...

Here's an up date - I've tested all the switches ( 6 in total) and they all seem to be working fine. I kept trying to engage the blades after each test but no joy. Then the engine would not start! I then notice what seems to be a mixture of oil and petrol dripping out of the muffler. I then took...

Thanks for the replies. I have taken the seat safety switch off and tested it with a multimeter. Without the seat button being pressed down there is continuity when I touch the prongs at both ends of the switch and also when touching the the two middle prongs. See photo attached. When the seat...

I’ve been reading this forum during the pandemic and it has given me the confidence to do some work on my lawn tractor that I would not otherwise have done. I have a McCulloch lawn tractor M155 107HRB (model 96051005100) made in 2012. It essentially a Husqvarna. It has a Briggs Intek 15.5hp...