run time on my 123

[bigdaddyjak]

well, the old 123 sat for 3 yrs before I got it (came with model 1 tiller),didnt run to good, well after cleaning it up and the gas tank and carb,with Matts static timing how to, the old gal is running pretty good, the belt finally came in today for the tiller. well, I would say I have about 15-20 min of total run time on her . Installed the belt , fired it up, and bam! tiller works, worn pulley and all, well I adjusted everything , and started on the garden (approx 30x30),It had previously been a garden about 3 yrs ago, since then its gotten pretty growed up (had the wife mow it before I started).finished my last row of my first run, it did a great job, well I decided to turn it off and gas it up,I told my wife with my luck , it wont start back up !!!! Well, guess what ?? I was rite ! Turn the key, just got a click, so I messed with it awhile, and said the heck with it , threw another S/G on and same thing ? I put batt charger on , no differenc, jumped the saftey switch, nothing,sometimes It would click, other times nothing. took the grounds off, sanded everything, no change. I did notice that the selenoid is totally different from my other 123 and 105, I think that this is the problem(not because its different). Going to try to pick up a new selenoid and a new ignition switch in the morning , if i cand find something thats atleast close! I could just use 1 from the other 2 but then I have 1 dead in the water! Any suggestions or advice ? Thanks,Jamie

[Methos]

Jamie and not much help with your problem but I'm hoping you get it back running in the morning.

[bigdaddyjak]

well, got to town first thing this morning, got the parts i needed, didnt make a differance ! only other option is that the battery is junk ! I did get it running and finished the job, so either i have 2 bad S/G or a junk battery! I tried a different S/G and didnt have any better luck, but with a set of jumper cables, away she went ! Got it all tilled up, did a great job! The other old girl was there, to taking some pics, so I have a few i posted !

[Matt G.]

Swapping parts that may be good or bad with more parts that may be good or bad isn't going to tell you much.

You can put a voltmeter across the battery while the engine is running and see if it is charging or not. Anything less than 14V or so would indicate a charging problem. If you determine you have a charging problem, you can eliminate the regulator from the equation by temporarily grounding the F terminal on the S/G while the engine is running. (Do not do this for more than a couple seconds) This should peg the ammeter to the charge side. If not, the something in the S/G is bad.

[bigdaddyjak]

will try it next time I get a chance to mess with it. Thanks Matt !