Quote:
Originally Posted by J-Mech
Nope. Never wanted to set any of mine on fire either. It's a lawn mower..... never seen an electrical problem on one I couldn't figure out in ten minutes.
If your that frustrated and your having that much trouble, maybe it's time to take it to a shop.
|
But your a small engine mechanic. Im an equipment operator. I can typically figure out how to operate about any piece of equipment in about 10 minutes.
Quote:
Originally Posted by bocephus1991
I've never wanted any of mine on fire either. They can be frustrating yes, but I find half the fun is working on them. At least mine. Most of everyone's Cubs on here are older. They require maintenance and repair. If you wanted a lawn tractor that's gonna be trouble free, least for awhile buy a new one. Just take your time, listen to the advice that your given and you can fix it. That's my opinion, but it enjoy working on things.
|
I enjoy tinkering and working on things as well but not like this. This is just ridiculous. Working on them isn't fun when I have to do it every time I need to use it and now my lawn looks like a hay field. Oh and I asked several months ago about buying a new machine. My thread was laughed at and I was told to buy an old machine. I did and Ive done everything that Ive been told to do and Im still having problems. The only thing that hasn't been done to this tractor is replacing the wire harness and that's because I havnt found anyone making them yet.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike McKown
Not letting the tractor sit out in the rain goes a long way toward keeping them running trouble free.
|
None of my equipment sits in the rain. Everything I own with the exception of my truck is kept in my garage always.
So, shes running again. I don't know where the problem was for sure because all I did was unplug about every connector I could find, cleaned everything up and plugged them back in. It fired after messing with the ignition switch plug which I had trouble with before ad thought I had fixed. On a positive side, Lew sent me a harness for my lights awhile back and after hooking everything up, the lights still didn't work. I assumed I had bad bulbs but hadn't dug back into yet. Today while gong through the wiring, I realized the wire to the lights was not plugged into the ignition switch connector. Now the tractor is running again and the lights work! Thanks for the assistance guys and sorry for my frustration last night. Ive found when I get frustrated, its best to take a break and go back to it later. Last night I closed the garage and came in and had a cold beer. Went back out this morning and it was running in about 20 minutes!