so i have this turd of a mower. been having issues with it starting and running and dying randomly. figured out the coil was bad. got a new coil and set it. now it would fire and die immediatly. would not continue to run, or actually fully start. killed the battery a few times and had it on the charger, while it was on the charger charging i had forgot that the key was in the run position still. a min after starting the battery charger smoke came from the coil. tested it and its garbage now.
ive never seen that happen so i went to the book and went in to the wiring and this thing has stuff bypassed and spliced here and there. but every search comes up with nothing. the wire to the coil has 12v going to it in run and start...but from what i understand this is suppose to be basically a neutral wire until the safety switch applies a ground, correct. also the yellow wires to the seat safety switch has .5 volts to one side and 0 on the other and both black read 0. but i dont think this has ever worked but still mowed just fine. now bypassing this would be easy.
so does anyone know about the coil tho. 12 volt should not go to the coil as the magneto on the flywheel would generate the current correct?
ive never seen that happen so i went to the book and went in to the wiring and this thing has stuff bypassed and spliced here and there. but every search comes up with nothing. the wire to the coil has 12v going to it in run and start...but from what i understand this is suppose to be basically a neutral wire until the safety switch applies a ground, correct. also the yellow wires to the seat safety switch has .5 volts to one side and 0 on the other and both black read 0. but i dont think this has ever worked but still mowed just fine. now bypassing this would be easy.
so does anyone know about the coil tho. 12 volt should not go to the coil as the magneto on the flywheel would generate the current correct?