127 not starting
 

I am very excited to have recently purchased a 127- I have been wanting one for quite a while. I am new to the forum and new to working with these great machines. I have some mechanical knowledge but haven't been doing to well with my cub!

I got it off craigs list- working great. I have tried to mow about 3/4 acre worth of lawn 3 times and have yet to finish for one reason or another. I have attempted to read through forums to look for similar problems but nothing the same as what is going on with mine.

-Issue- was out mowing, everything was working well. Suddenly engine starting choking down and then just died. I have been starting it with a jumper because the battery has not been charging even after running for some time. This time, I was unable to get the engine to do anything what so ever. When I turn the key, it makes a click as though something is trying to engage but absolutely nothing from the engine, no sputter or anything. i will be checking the spark plug tonight... but that's about as far as I know to get

yes it has gas-
yes it has oil-

If someone might be able to walk me through a quick diagnostic on this issue. Please be patient and pretend you are speaking with a 5 year old! Ok maybe a 12 year old.

I love this dang tractor and am determined to learn how to work on it and keep it running happy!!! thanks for any help!

First, welcome to OCC.......... :Welcome2:

Sounds like you have a couple of different issues going here. But, first & foremost, get the battery fully charged before anything else. You may want to take it somewhere and have it "load tested". Once you have established that the battery is good and fully charged, we will move on the Plan B.

Great! Thank you for the quick response and the welcome! I will try and get it tested in the next day or two.

Report back when you are ready to go on to the next step.

Finally Back!
 

Time got away from me! Battery was at 11%, has been charged back to full. I hooked it up. Made click noise when I turned the key, but no engine chug what so ever!

Start checking the electrical connections.
Clean the ground(s) and apply some dielectric grease to all connections.

The clicking you hear is the starter solenoid, if you have a test light or a volt meter I would start by confirming that your getting power to the starter side of the solenoid when the key is in the start position.

The battery cables (both positive [red] and ground [black]) ends need to be clean and bright. Sanding, wire wheeling, or scouring them to where there is no rust corrosion or film build needs to be done. This will assure, there is no resistance to the travel of the electricity through the cables. This also applies to the terminal ends that the cable(s) hooks up to.

BTW....Did you have your battery "load tested"....???

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Ok will wire brush everything and make sure it's all cleaned up. I took it in to an auto parts place. They tested it and charged it. I assumed they load tested it. Was that a poor assumption?

I don't know about a poor assumption, but these days you have to specifically ask. The people on the other end may have "other things" on their mind. :biggrin2: