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JD STX30 not starting

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Tim

08-21-2002 12:37:25




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My STX30 does not turn over when I try to start it.
It usually just clicks, the starter doesn't seem to be getting juice. This is intermittant and starts only when it wants to. This is a follow up to my other posting with the wrong model #. I have been seated and in neutral all times. I don't think it is a safety feature unless the seat contact is faulty. Help!
Tim




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JDOUG

08-22-2002 05:26:58




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 Re: JD STX30 not starting in reply to Tim, 08-21-2002 12:37:25  
If this mower as a solenoid shifted starter on it, and your battery and cables are good, you may need to install a starter relay kit. I work on JD mowers alot and repaired alot of starting problems with this inexpensive kit. If the starter has a solenoid built on it, try to short from the small post on solenoid to the large post with the larger cable on it. Make sure trans. is in neutral. If the engine cranks and starts you need the solenoid kit most likely. JD part number AM107421, $19.25 US. If your starter does not have a solenoid on it your problem may be a bad starter relay under the seat in the battery area. Have seem the problem crop up several times. Becasue of all the switches etc. in the starting circuit, a voltage drop occurs because of bad connections, dirt, corrosion and so on. By the time the voltage gets to the starter its low enough that the solenoid wont engage. The relay kit installs by the starter solenoid and when in place the voltage only needs to operate a small relay. The relay in turn completes the circuit from the battery directly to the solenoid to engage the starter.

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Steve - IN

08-21-2002 14:51:08




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 Re: JD STX30 not starting in reply to Tim, 08-21-2002 12:37:25  
Tim,

If it's clicking, you're sitting on it the right way.... and that goofy lawyer designed feature is working.

Check the battery cables, top off the battery with distilled water, charge it for a few hours and you should be back in business.

You might get more expert opinions on the garden tractor forum.



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