LT1042 Not Getting Gas
 

Ok, I have an LT1042. Kohler Courage SV390.

Ran fine and then one day it would just turn over and never fire off.

I had had this happen before and it was the fuel solenoid.

I checked the fuel solenoid, and sure enough the ethanol gas had gelled and rusted.

I rebuilt the carb and tried to order a fuel cutoff solenoid. I was told that the fuel solenoid I needed was discontinued, but there was a replacement part and the replacement part had two wires instead of one wire. I was told to wire the one red wire on the new solenoid where the old solenoid had been and snip off the black wire.

I did that.

If I use ether- and I hate starting fluid with an intense passion- it will fire off.

However, the fuel filter is visible and the fuel filter is staying empty.

I've checked for obstructions all down the line. Nothing is pinched or obstructing it.

I've been told that it could be either the little vacuum powered fuel pump or it could be the solenoid.

On the older Briggs engines with solenoids, you could just cut off the head of the solenoid, and put on a fuel shutoff valve.

Can I cut off the plunger on this solenoid on this Kohlerse, and it work, and use a fuel shutoff valve ?

How I can I confirm whether the fuel "pump" is bad ?

Why would this thing not be sucking fuel ?

Was that bad advice on just cutting off that black wire coming off the fuel cutoff solenoid ? A snippet of it still exists, I could take and ground it somewhere, if I solder on an extension. Should I ground it ?

HELP ! HELP MAMA ! HELP !

Thank you,
One Crazy Cracker in Appalachia

Just my 2 cents but I have cut the plunger off on a few engines. Thank You EPA. Never worked on your type of engine so your on your own on this one.:beerchug:

unhook the fuel line at the carb and crank it over to see if the pump is working,if it is then it's probably the solenoid the black wire you cut is most likely to ground it without that it won't open..i just worked on a 1042 today ran it for 1/2 hr. before changing oil shut it off outside tried to start it 15 min. later and it wouldn't start ,it fired on either so I knew it wasn't getting gas tore carb apart and solenoid plunger was stuck I used pliers and freed it up put it on tractor and it fired up let it run about 1 min. shut it off and put the air cleaner back on and it wouldn't start again took the plunger out and removed the rubber cap on the solenoid reassembled and it runs fine

This sounds strangely like the issue I have with my 2180, b&s vanguard motor, 18 hp. It will crank but not start. Been messing around with it, it looks like the fuel pump is working but I did not notice a gas smell when I pulled the plugs to check them, and they weren't wet. It too will fire on ether, though I don't like using it either. Where is this mysterious solenoid located? What should I do with it when I find it, besides replacing it?

I can't find a model 2180

Did this also for my zt with a Kohler cv730 in it.

That's cause it's in my driveway:biggrin2:
But seriously, If you go to the cub cadet web sight it doesn't show it as a model, but if you search by the model number off the id tag it pulls it up. I had this problem a home depot too.