Recent content by Woodsguy

I wanted to post an update on this thread in case someone in the future is reading this. I was getting around 8 volts at the starter from hot to ground at the starter while cranking. I did a voltage drop test on the battery cables and the negative cable was dropping 2.6 volts while cranking...

So my understanding on this is that the fuel shutoff solenoid actuates when the key is turned to the off position and the solenoid stays on for 10 seconds and then power to the solenoid is turned off and the fuel valve returns to the open position. I did a visual inspection on the solenoid and...

I bought a ZD21 about a year ago and have a lot of troubles with it starting. It needed a new starter and Battery and I have replaced both of them. The mower seems to not want to start with the throttle at an idle, but it will Start with the throttle turned up to full throttle. Battery voltage...

Yeah that's exactly why I am here asking for some ideas before I go making the problem alot worse. Given how small the diameter of the glow plug is I was really considering try to weld a nut on top of it first but then I am a bit concerned that welding the nut might not work and Might make it...

Yes absolutely I did install antisieze on the new glowplugs, I don't want to be fighting these the next time they need to be replaced. I Blew out around the stuck glow plug before using some pb blaster.

Thanks for the Recommendation. Had you ever used these extractors to specifically remove a broken glow plug?

I bought an RTV 900 with about 4500 hrs on it about 6 months ago. Of course it ran good all summer long and then developed a hard start problem in the winter. I did some testing and determined that it need glow plugs and ordered new NGK Glow Plugs. After removing the 2 rear glow plugs with no...