[otiswoods]

More about the purchase. I purchased the harness from a cub cadet parts company and the harness assembly was listed as a the replacement for a discontinued harness assembly, which is baffling. There is no direct connection from the battery to the solenoid switch or from the solenoid switch to the starter. It seems the new harness assembly has a different wiring for these connections, possibly. I am not an expert on Cub Cadet LTs. I've replaced many items on this mower but this one is baffling.

I agree the wiring diagram would be useful; I wonder if the repair shop is using the diagram. I was asked about the old harness, which I've already discarded. Big mistake....lesson learned. There was a short in the old harness assembly that resulted in the PTO not working, hence the replacement was needed.

What it appears to come down to is the different wiring from the old harness (discontinued) to the new harness. The question is what needs to be done to the new harness to make it work so that I can get it back? I hoped this repair shop was able to figure it out, but now 7 weeks have passed and nothing.

Frustrating. It was a good mower. It h as about $600 in new parts since 2019.