PaulK
Member
I've had a minor but annoying problem with starting my B21. About 5 times over the past 200 hours I had difficulty in getting the speed control pedal to return to neutral. You turn the ignition key, everyting lights up like normal but nothing happens when you try to start the engine. Usually the remedy is to tap the pedal - either forward or reverse - and the pedal returns to neutral position and the engine will start when you try the process again. Last week, try as a may, I couldn't coax the engine to respond. A day and a rain storm later, she fired right up. My working theory is that when I stopped the machine for a rest, the machine was on a slight downhill angle and impeded from rolling by the bucket [and gremlins]. This somehow inhibited the neutral position. For the record, I tried all of the remedies sugested by the Operators Manual but had no success. a]I tried putting on the parking break. b] I made sure that the PTO gear shift lever was off. c] I tried with the gear shift lever in neural and first gear. Nothing helped. The next day everything was fine.
Any suggestions in solving the mystery?
Any suggestions in solving the mystery?