Recent content by vernon_hill

hey bud, did you ever get that mower running? If so what was the fix?

Yeah that is kind of what I thought. I replaced the switch with a brand new one from Kubota. This thing is kicking my butt. One of the red wires at the connector closest to the switch looked compromised so I ran a jumper from the connector to the starter, essentially replacing the main hot...

not smart enough for voltage drop. Please take a look at the attached.

ok so starter mount bolt to negative battery post = .051VDC. The issue is the trigger terminal is only getting 7.5 volts now. See attached. Where do I go next?

working on this now. i am a little confused by the "start with the negative post. Take your other probe and put it on the starter mounting bolt. " but i am about to try it. :)

Big ground wire solid. Pulled it, ran wire wheel, and put 3 wires back on bolt.

absolutely right. There is a ground on the other side from the frame to a piece of square tube bolted to the engine. See attached. Cleaned both sides and put it back together no change.

Starter turns with little effort and a jumper to the trigger terminal.

Thanks for the trouble shooting tip. I never thought to trouble shoot from that perspective. I think i know what you were talking about. I put one lead on the + side of battery and checked all of the grounds at the other end of the wiring harness and got 12 volts on all of them. took the...

I had the same melted wires, the all appear to be grounds. I spliced in new wires, replaced the combi box ad the starting switch. Jumped out all of the safety switches and it still wont start. i am only getting 9.6 volts out of the ingnition switch, and the same at the starter relay. I have...