tonkatoys
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have a 12 hp yardmaster lawn tractor that i used last week with no problem went to use it today and when you turn the key, nothing. no clicks, nothing. battey reads 12.9 and i retightened the posts and still nothing. anyone have any ideas what to look for or how to somehow jump start it? also checked the wires on the seat for the emergency cut off and they are clean and on good. any ideas??????
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tonkatoys wrote:have a 12 hp yardmaster lawn tractor that i used last week with no problem went to use it today and when you turn the key, nothing. no clicks, nothing. battey reads 12.9 and i retightened the posts and still nothing. anyone have any ideas what to look for or how to somehow jump start it? also checked the wires on the seat for the emergency cut off and they are clean and on good. any ideas??????
Did you clean the posts and the inside of the cable attachments (whatever they call them)? On my tractor there is a solenoid between the battery and the starter. Had to replace that a while back with the same non-starting problem.
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SRT wrote:tonkatoys wrote:have a 12 hp yardmaster lawn tractor that i used last week with no problem went to use it today and when you turn the key, nothing. no clicks, nothing. battey reads 12.9 and i retightened the posts and still nothing. anyone have any ideas what to look for or how to somehow jump start it? also checked the wires on the seat for the emergency cut off and they are clean and on good. any ideas??????
Did you clean the posts and the inside of the cable attachments (whatever they call them)? On my tractor there is a solenoid between the battery and the starter. Had to replace that a while back with the same non-starting problem.
i had just put the battery back in after the winter last week and all was clean. today i again scraped the connectionand tighten but still nothing. is there away to check the soleniod or what does it look like? thanks
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It could be the starter solenoid.... I know our lawn tractor has a separate one on the "firewall", don't know where yours is located. It could be on the starter as well. It will look like a large relay and the positive battery cable will connect to one of the larger terminals on it and the other will complete the connection with another cable going to the starter. Check those connections and make sure they are secure. Many times if a solenoid is bad or not getting a decent connection you will get the no power, nothing at all response to trying to start a vehicle.
Since you have battery power you might try jumping across the two largest terminals on the solenoid with a screwdriver. Just a light touch from one to the other will tell you if that will engage the starter. No need to start it that way unless you just HAVE to mow today and if you do well it's OK to start it that way.  Otherwise, just test it and if this works to turn the starter over you will know what you need to buy.
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CatandJim wrote:It could be the starter solenoid.... I know our lawn tractor has a separate one on the "firewall", don't know where yours is located. It could be on the starter as well. It will look like a large relay and the positive battery cable will connect to one of the larger terminals on it and the other will complete the connection with another cable going to the starter. Check those connections and make sure they are secure. Many times if a solenoid is bad or not getting a decent connection you will get the no power, nothing at all response to trying to start a vehicle.
Since you have battery power you might try jumping across the two largest terminals on the solenoid with a screwdriver. Just a light touch from one to the other will tell you if that will engage the starter. No need to start it that way unless you just HAVE to mow today and if you do well it's OK to start it that way. Otherwise, just test it and if this works to turn the starter over you will know what you need to buy.
yes i wanted to try to start it to cut the grass quick. we have people coming to look at it and the grass is a lil high. i will have to look for the starter sol. like you said and try jumping it. hope this works. thanks
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CatandJim
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Just curious.... did you get it started?
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Is the clutch pedal in and the mower deck completely up?
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tonkatoys
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no, it was getting to late tonight, i will try tomorrow morning. will let you know. i did look for the sol. but so far i can't see it unless its under the shifting area which probablly means i will have to take off some panels to get to it.
i will ya know. thanks again
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Good luck! I hope you get it running today.
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tonkatoys wrote:SRT wrote:tonkatoys wrote:have a 12 hp yardmaster lawn tractor that i used last week with no problem went to use it today and when you turn the key, nothing. no clicks, nothing. battey reads 12.9 and i retightened the posts and still nothing. anyone have any ideas what to look for or how to somehow jump start it? also checked the wires on the seat for the emergency cut off and they are clean and on good. any ideas??????
Did you clean the posts and the inside of the cable attachments (whatever they call them)? On my tractor there is a solenoid between the battery and the starter. Had to replace that a while back with the same non-starting problem.
i had just put the battery back in after the winter last week and all was clean. today i again scraped the connectionand tighten but still nothing. is there away to check the soleniod or what does it look like? thanks
You'll have to trace the positive battery cable to find if there is a separate solenoid. Sometimes they are integrated with the starter.
Good luck.
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