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Old 05-19-2009, 06:29 PM
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I just about got done painting my 124 and i went to start it, and it will not even turn over. I have a just about new battery and everything is hooked up right, but their is a dent in the coil does that have anything to do with my problem? Can sombody help me.
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Old 05-19-2009, 06:40 PM
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The coil won't have anything to do with the problem you described.

Using your test light and wiring diagram start with the battery, pos. to neg. and work your way through the electrical system, most likely it will be a bad ground, but don't rule out something like your neutral safety switch or ignition switch.

If worse comes to worse run a wire directly from the battery pos. terminal to the "A" terminal on the starter generator, the s/g should turn at this point.
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Old 05-19-2009, 08:28 PM
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I had the same thing happen when I first restored my 1450. The problem was I did not run the ground wire to the frame on bare metal and when I sanded the area to bare metal and reattched the battery to the frame not the fenders it immediately began to turn over.From my personal experience and some great advice from the fine members on this site I learned that the motor needs a good direct ground to the frame also, beacuse I didn't have one previously the engine would search for a ground though the thottle cable and it even once turned red and glowin it was so hot. Good luck.
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Old 05-19-2009, 09:18 PM
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I think i got a pretty good ground. when i hook up the battery charger the needle on the charger bounces back and forth.
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Old 05-19-2009, 10:00 PM
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Is the battery cable ground connected to the steering pedestal on bare metal ? If so check your ammeter (it has an internal circuit) by attaching a wire to both ammeter terminals and try cranking by the switch. If the motor turns over replace the ammeter guage. I had that cause it to turn over but I could still crank the motor bypassing the starter switch.
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Old 05-19-2009, 10:10 PM
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Not exactly sure what the needle on the charger bouncing around has to do with the battery being grounded to the frame...

Does your test light tell you that you have a good ground?
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Old 05-20-2009, 06:41 AM
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Just for grins see if there is any wiggle room with your ignition switch. Each position should be a crisp select; zero play. I was watching my analog meter do an intermittent bounce when it wasn't acting like a gremlin was there sometimes giving me a good reading and other times nothing. I found that the the ignition switch had a little play and then could actually recreate the condition by playing with the key. You are getting a lot of good advise on this from other members you'll find the problem soon I'm sure.
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Old 05-20-2009, 07:52 AM
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Cubby:

Did you happen to look at the Wiring Diagrams as found in our Technical Library Section...??? Click on this link and scroll down to your model...124

You could have a bad Neutral (Clutch) Safety Switch and/or the wires running to it.

As a TEST, you could run a Jumper Wire from the positive battery post directly to the Starter Solenoid (Orange/Black Wire Terminal). This would eliminate both switches and tell you if the solenoid is good. If good, you should here a pronounced click. If you don't here a click and it still doesn't roll over and your grounds are all good.....then you have a bad Starter Solenoid.
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Old 05-29-2009, 07:34 PM
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Cub124,

I had a bouncing amp gage on the 100 I just got. I got some electric cleaner thinking I would try cleaning out the starter/generator and hoping all along it was not a bad segment on the commutator. Because I'm lazy I first put on a sediment bowl then switched carburetors and lastly changed the spark plug wire.

When I fired her up to see what I had with the rebuilt carb the gage was no longer bouncing.
So you might want to make sure you have a good solid core spark plug wire on you tractor.
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