Battery backwards
 

Found that I mistakenly put the neg to the pos and pos to the neg on my CCO. Somehow though, my son managed to get this thing running. Doesn't want to start now. Where do I start to look and what could possibly be "burnt"?

Won't start or won't turn over?

Won't fire. It has no spark.

you probably burnt the points out.

Sounds like an error that others might wonder...."How did you make that mistake?", but I recently got a cub where a guy has installed two identical color battery cables and labeled the fender pan + and - (in pencil might I add:biggrin2:) to keep from mixing them up!!!! Hope whatever damage you have is minimal!!

Cub Cadet 123

what you are describing is preciesly why car salesmen at my dealership were not allow to use the jump boxes ---got a multi meter?

I do have a multimeter but am not the greatest at using it. Ha Ha. It's sorta embarassing but oh well. I have no idea how the heck I reversed the wires not to mention how my son was able to use it. I suppose I'll have to replace the battery to.

You shouldn't have to replace the battery; it doesn't care what direction it got hooked up, but the coil and condenser do.

No offence Matt,
Actually,
The coil can be hooked up either direction as well as the condenser, so no damage will occur to them.
Years ago many systems used a positive ground.
I would check to see if the voltage regulator is operating correctly, as they can be damaged by reversing polarity.

Chevrolet, in the early days, (when they had wooden floor boards/wheels) had a reversing switch in the ignition system that reversed the polarity of the coil/condenser/points with every start.
Research showed that doing so, increased point life by equally keeping the build up on the contact surfaces equal.

Go to the Tech Library, page #4, and get the wiring diagram. Work your way through the wiring until you discover the issue. The CCO has quite a simple electrical circuit and it shouldn't take long.

I would look primarily in the HV Coil, points, and condenser area.