Riding mower won't turn over

Unplug the wire at the clutch and check for voltage when the switch is turned on. if voltage is present replace clutch. If no voltage is present replace switch. Make sure brake is released to avoid safety over ride to blade clutch circuit. Check the brake safety switch too. It is normally closed until brake is depressed

Have you checked the safety switch under the seat? Operator presence is required on most equipment today to properly function. If the seat switch isn't closed, it will shut the engine down if the parking brake is released and/or the blade PTO switch is engaged. Unplug the seat switch and place a jumper into the seat switch receptacle to the wiring harness; not the male plug to the seat switch. If you can start the mower, disengage the parking brake, and engage the mower blades (with your other switches reconnected) without engine shut down, replace the seat switch.

MikeMake sure that the blades will turn by hand (key out of switch- unplug the sparkplug wires!!!!) there could be a dirt mound or rock jammed in there. OR-

if you\'re in the seat and the engine dies just as soon as the blades are engaged, the engine may need a tune-up. It sounds like it starves for fuel or air under load.

More than likely you have the blade engaged, disengage the mowing blade and try the parking brake again

if by turn you mean they wont rotate, then check if parking break is on, if you mean you cant turn the steering wheel, or cant make make it go around corners, then check the linkage

first thing you need to do is check and make sure the blades are disengaged set the park brake and try to start it again all newer mowers will not start without parking brake set or depressed and blades or pto in the off position good luck

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Check on the mower that your drive belt has not come off or has not broken
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The safety switch beneath the seat is only one part of the several interconnecting safety features of the modern riding mower. If the system works properly, you must be seated for the mower deck to operate. The tractor will continue running with the Power Take Off disengaged if the parking brake is set before the operator leaves the seat.The seat switch consists of two electrical contacts normally separated by an air gap. A spring creates an open space between the two contacts. Mounted between two plates, the switch's spring compresses under the weight of the person sitting in the operator seat and completes an electrical circuit. With the switch closed the tractor's ignition system can be switched on with the ignition key. If the operator stands, the spring forces the gap open and interrupts the electrical ignition circuit. The safety circuit allows the riding mower motor to continue running if the PTO is not engaged. When the parking brake is set a second switch in electrical parallel with the OPS closes. This bypasses the safety switch under the seat. If the operator stands, the parking brake switch still completes the ignition circuit.The mower blade turns only when the PTO engages. If the operator should leave the seat with the blade turning and under power, injuries could result. The mower blade would even continue spinning at full power if the machine overturned. To prevent this type of accident, engaging the PTO deactivates a connection in the original circuit and completes a second circuit in series with the OPS switch.

If the operator leaves the seat with the PTO engaged, the ignition interrupts and the machine stops. Until the PTO is off, no combination of settings will restart the mower.

You must be in the seat to run the mower ... safety interlocks ... operator presence control is what it is called.

There is another safety switch connected to the parking/service brake. Check that one too. Sounds like its the one.