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colleen
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 Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:22 am Post subject: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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Need help please.. Mower starts up fine.. Seat safety switch on; parking brake on; Blades off...
LOWER PARKING BRAKE LEVER (disengage) and mower shuts off..
RAISE PARKING BRAKE LEVER (ENGAGE) mower engine will kick back in and stay running.
I have replaced three main relays and fuses are okay. Any ideas ?
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dbear
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:11 am Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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The first thing that comes to me would be the seat operator presence switch. But you mention you've checked that.
The only other thing I can think of is something might be going on with the control lever position switch(es). On my Dixie, if the levers are not moved outward and I apply the brake, it will kill the engine. Sounds like maybe that switch is working backwards(?).
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colleen
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:19 am Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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Thanks for the idea...
I tried again.....
The arms all the way out and I drop brake lever engine cuts out.
Put brake lever back up (brake on) and, just for the heck of it, I pull arms in to move mower, engine cuts out.
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keh
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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Could it be that the wires to the parking brake lever switch are reversed?
KEH
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dbear
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| Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:03 am Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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| colleen wrote: | (quoted from post at 12:19:53 03/27/09) Thanks for the idea...
I tried again.....
The arms all the way out and I drop brake lever engine cuts out. |
This one confuses me right now. Not sure why it would do that as it sounds like you have the machine in the correct configuration (levers out) before releasing the brake.
| colleen wrote: | | Put brake lever back up (brake on) and, just for the heck of it, I pull arms in to move mower, engine cuts out. |
That sounds right. If the brake is on, and you move the levers inward, it should kill the engine to prevent possible damage to the brakes and/or hydros.
If the levers are in, and you apply the brake, it also should kill the engine for the same reason.
Given the two symptoms together, I'm leaning toward the lever position switch(es). Sounds like it/they think the levers are not out. However, the problem with this is you should not be able to start it(?).
Maybe there's some combination of sensors/switches (seat, lever, and brake) that is not happy, possibly losing its state as another one is made, thereby confusing the machine. I see this a lot in my job, but I'm no mower expert.
Best of luck...
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colleen
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| Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:45 am Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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Never touched.. It was parked in back corner of garage... started it up the other day and BAM.. I am running into this. It' boggling my mind
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dbear
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| Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 5:07 am Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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You might have better luck finding an answer over at http://www.lawnsite.com/.
Let us know how you make out...
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dbear
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 6:40 am Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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Colleen, one last thought. You mentioned that it was parked in the corner of the garage, I'm assuming, for the winter. Any chance some little critters got in there and chewed a wire or two? If so, you might want to trace those safety switch wires. (Yeah, I know it's a pain in the butt.)
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colleen
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| Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:28 am Post subject: Re: BOBCAT Zeroturn model #942233A |
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i appreciate the idea. Let me run through everything again.
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