My riding mower will not start. I have a new battery and a new solenoid. What should i ceck next? Its a troybilt with b & Stratton engine. When i turn the key, nothing happens. I suspect something electrical. I have a volt meter/tester(?) if that would help.
The starter won’t make the jump to engage the flywheel? Nothing?
Use a large standard screwdriver and see if you can turn the flywheel manually.
You should "ceck" your ability to write English.
I'm betting there is something in the book that came
with your mower that you didn't read or didn't understand
just based upon how you handle the language of the land.
Like maybe "add gas" or something complicated like that.
Are you actually permitted around power tools?
Nothing? I just thought of something while scrubbing taters. Check the wires from your starter switch to the starter and the battery wires for shiny copper. Lift them up and carefully examine them with a flashlight if you need it. It may be a bare wire making contact with metal, an electrical short. Maybe you’ve got mice.
Back to din-din.
The ignition switches are not very durable if left in the weather. Often see the leads on the plug on the back corroded.
Did you purchase the new battery and solenoid because it would not crank? Rather than shotgunning replacing parts it it usually cheaper to take it to someone with knowledge of mower repairs. A no crank issue is sometimes very simple to remedy. Many times no part replacement is necessary
Start by making sure it will crank by jumping the large posts on top of the solenoid. You can do this with a screwdriver, make sure that it is out of gear and brake is on. If it cranks when jumped it means the starter, battery, battery connections, are ok and the motor is not seized up. If it does not crank start by checking the battery connections to make sure they are clean. Check engine to see if it turns, using palm of hand on the screen on top of single cylinder motors. If it does crank then there are many things it could be. Make sure the blades are not engaged, a safety switch will prevent it from cranking if they are. Make sure you are sitting on the seat. If not the safety switch under the seat will not allow the mower to crank. Did you leave the mower out in the elements over the winter? If so it is common for the the ignition switch to be bad, moisture ruins them. Good luck at getting it going, hope it is something simple.
I always had problems with kill switches on riding mowers. There was one under the seat that shut the mower off if you got off while it was running. Check that. Make sure the blade is not engaged,up or down etc....
Be sure your blades are not engaged and be sure your parking brake is on..
You have gotten many good suggestions to investigate.
Just want you to make sure clutch, (if not hydrostatic drive)/ brake pedal is depressed while cranking. It should have a safety switch also that may fail.
Good luck and let us know how you do.
Make certain both battery cables are tight on the battery posts. I can’t tell you how many times this occured to me and I thought something major was wrong.
“My riding mower will not start. I have a new battery and a new solenoid. What should i ceck next? Its a troybilt with b & Stratton engine. When i turn the key, nothing happens. I suspect something electrical. I have a volt meter/tester(?) if that would help.”
No crank is pretty simple. If there’s no click from the solenoid it means the battery power is not getting thru to the solenoid to trip the circuit open to the starter. You’ve replaced the battery and solenoid already so the fault is likely in the other end of the circuit, the solenoid grounding. There should be a white ground wire on the solenoid. Make sure that has a good path to ground.
Most times a bad ground can be fixed by tracing and re-seating the far end connection to restore grounding. It may even be at the Neg. battery terminal.