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HElp! I have a sears Model# 917272960 garden tractor with hydrostat drive. starts and runs strong until i put it in drive or pull switch to engage the electric clutch then engine shuts down.
tractor will start and run with the choke on but when I take it off of choke it bogs down and shuts offtractor will start and run with the choke on but when I take it off of choke it bogs down and shuts off
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It thinks you aren't sitting on the seat. There are 2 wires and a switch under the seat. The plug may have come off, the connections might be bad, or the switch might be bad.
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It is to supply power the electric clutch that drives the mower deck.
If not functioning then the switch, PTO clutch, or wiring is not working properly. Note on some ZTRs when both handles are in reverse then electric clutch is disengage for safety.
Have you looked beneath the deck with someone engaging or disengaging the blade lever? Get underneath and observe how the belt travels from the engine pulley back, and follow it in the loop it travels to see how it works with the lever engaged and disengaged.
These John Deere Garden Tractors have a RIO (Reverse Implement Option) on the PTO. If your PTO is engaged and you back up, the PTO will automatically stop. To reset it, depress your PTO engagement switch to the OFF position. Take your foot off the reverse pedal. Pull up on the PTO engagement switch. The PTO should restart. To use the RIO feature, pull up on the PTO switch for a second or two just before you step on the reverse hydrostatic pedal. The yellow RIO indicator light should come on your dashboard and you can now back up with the PTO still running. Works great for snow blowing when I don't want to keep resetting my electric PTO clutch to keep restarting my snow blower.
If your PTO will not restart, you may have a PTO switch starting to fail, or a likely logic problem in your electric PTO control module, or one of your forward/reverse indicator switches, which is linked to your PTO control module along with the overtemp circuit, is stuck/faulty.
check the fuse then see if theres power to the clutch is there a bad safety switch does the mower shut off if you get off the seat when the blades are turned on(that will test one of the safety switches)
I own a similiar John Deere model (L130, 23HP with a 48" deck). I would check the electric clutch (called a PTO). To do this check the wires to this clutch and look for something disconnected. These wires (to this PTO clutch) should have twelve volts with the key on and the blades engaged.
The electric clutch is to power the blades/mower deck. There is a belt that drives the hydrostatic pumps to power the wheels. Make sure the Parking brake is OFF. Could be a belt, spring, idler pulley.
tractor will start and run with the choke on but when I take it off of choke it bogs down and shuts off
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