I plugged the deck. Cleaned out under the deck and started the mower. I tried to engage the blade nothing happened. I could hear a click like the switch activated the switch but nothing happened.
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Belt-the number one cause for your blades not to engage is that your belt is either stretched or loose causing it to slip or fall off completely. Belt could have snapped also. When you are trying to process too much grass/leaves they could pack up under your deck and push off your belt.
When you look under the mower do you see two belts ? Top one goes to the rear axle and lower one goes to mower deck spindle.
Your description sounds like the electric clutch is engaging,so if you are seeing two belts coming off the bottom of the engine maybe the belt bounced off a idler pulley on the deck and is not tight enough.
If you lower the blade deck and get down near the mower, you can see the blades belt on top of the deck. If it is intact, with the engine off, have someone try to engage the blades. A tensioner should move into place to tighten the blades. If it is not, follow the engagement lever to under the dash to see if there is a cable broken or a rod detached.
Your starting problems sounds just like the overhead valves need to be adjusted. They work in timing with the compression release feature in the engine and when set to specs enable the engine to start much easier. You remove the 4 screws in the valve cover and then with a metal feeler gauge check the gap between the rocker arms and the valve's ends.This being done after you remove the spark plug, turn the engine by hand until it comes up on the compression stroke and then 1/4" down into the power stroke, you hold it there and adjust the valve lash. I have the same machine and a new battery spins the engine quite well. Try the valve adjustment.
For you engage/disengage problem, check the action of the engagement lever behind the "dashboard" area and under the mower. The linkage to the lever needs to be checked and possibly lubicated if no foreign matter is jamming it's movement.
It's possible the repair folks didn't properly reinstall the mower deck belt. Check that it's in place, and under good tension. If that's OK, look at the wires to the mower engagement switch (PTO switch) and make sure the connections are on tight. Then check the motor pulley where the PTO clutch is, making sure those wires still in place.
When you say nothing happens...is the PTO engaging? You said that you already checked the belts...if none of these are off...you maybe looking at a new PTO clutch.www.nnyparts.com
model 917258862 mower was given to me. sat outside numerous years. I've managed to get it to start run and drive, but cant get blades to engage. don't know what the wires are for or do that go to some sort of pulley attached to the bottom of motor. can somebody help me pls ?
there is a fuse in engine compartment that might have blown causing the engine or blades not to start but what probably happened was something got caught in the blades check under the deck & see if there is & also try spinning blades by hand & see what happens
When you move the lever and engage the blades you are also engaging the belt that drives the blades and sits on top of the mowing deck. Chances are that belt either came off one or more rollers, or broke. The only way to check it out is to get down and look on the top of the mowing deck. Get back and let me know what you find.
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