1541 won't turn over
 

A friend cut with it for 25 minutes. Shut it off. Now the thing is dead. Even the display won't light up. I jumped the solinoid and it will start but the electric clutch won't work. The key switch will turn off the engine. Thanks for your help. John.

Check for a blown fuse right beside the PTO relay.

Did replace the fuse. Now all that lights up is low oil. It's not low. I disconnected the battery and now I can jump it at the solinoid and the electric PtO works. I cut grass so still not sure what the problem is? Also no other lights on the panel light up.

You disconnected the battery and now the PTO works? Did I read that correctly? But with the battery hooked up, it doesn't? If that is correct, have the battery checked, they can short circuit.

the wires/terminals on the key switch are probably fried

These tractors have multiple safety switch interlocks. All switches and connections may be suspect.

I agree with most of the above posts but want to add, the battery could be SO dead that the charging system spends all of the electricity that it makes trying to charge the battery and there is not enough left for the pto to run on.

Or (less likely) the charging system doesn't work and there isn't enough power in the battery to start the engine or run the pto but there is enough to keep the engine running.

The best insurance for keeping your Cub running good is to NOT let your friends borrow it. They will break your toys and then swear they don't know what happened, leaving you with the repair bill.

Thanks for your help
 

I'm thinking the key switch too. When I run it the seat switch will still kill it. Started it like 15 times in the past two days so I'm thinking the charging system still works. Gonna try for a switch tomorrow.