LT 1045. I bought the mower as a dead machine. It had a starter on it, but it was frozen from sitting. I got it to crank but I noticed, it's turning the engine the wrong way! I'm serious - the bendix extends and engages the ring on the flywheel. The engine turns, and I'm looking at the cooling fins. They are running so that the air will be sucked up from the engine, and not drawn in through the top screen and blown down on to the engine.
Nat - I ordered a new starter for a Courage 20 engine from Amazon. It fits, it cranks and it is also going backward?!
Yes, I have the red lead to the batt + and the ground to the batt - terminal. The lights come on the panel, they go out when it cranks, but it is still going backward(reverse rotation).
It is a Kohler Courage 20 engine. The shroud says "built exclusively for Cub Cadet" on the top sticker.
Engine family: 6KHXS.5972GB
TYPE APPL e11 *97/68SA*2002/88*0285*01
Disp 597
Model No SV600
Spec No SV600-0009
Serial No 3624910943
Build date 09/06/2006
Has anyone heard of this before? I KNOW it's turning the wrong way. I have good spark, and I have spritzed carb cleaner in it, and it will pop, sputter and backfire through the carb a bit. Telling me - it's cranking the wrong way.
Special Cub only starter? The way the bendix flys up, it will only engage in one direction, and it's grabbing the starter ring perfectly. Just - backward rotation.
GAH!
