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Anonymous Posted on Jul 15, 2014

Getting power to the key

No power to the starter solenoid when key is turned

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That was happening to me, until I realized I had to have both steering bars pulled back toward me all the way before the mower would start. I'm not sure why it started doing this, but you can try pulling both bars back as far back toward you as you can, and then see if it will turn over for you. I hope this helps.

  • Greg Taylor Jul 17, 2014

    Just to add something else, The reason I realized this was. I was getting off the mower, and it wanted to shut off. I then realized that the it had something more to do with a safety switch, well, that is my conclusion. And at that time, the bars were more forward, when I moved them back, I didn't want to shut off. I've had no issues since.

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