1250 died electrically: And it's background

[Locrian]

Hello folks,
Figured I'd get that need for pics out of the way before I even stared. Im not much for pictures because I always move....Needless to say I'm not a hunter either. This is what I got:

I basically got this machine from a "cub mill" (seen the 149 for sale a week later so it is what it is). It only cost me basically gas money cause the guy wanted a dead 149 I had. It looked decent upon inspection, but you guys know how that stuff goes. It ran fine and seemed to pull like a goat, as it spun and spun to get the 149 up about a 30 degree incline as the trailer was tipped so ramps didnt have to be used. So I knew problems would probably be minor and expected them. The 149 had been given to me so I had mo money in the thing myself. This looked like it needed much less work.

The first problem was the transfer case relief valves. One side was gushing enough to loose a couple ounces over the coarse of my lawn. But again, I expected some leak in the rear as I'd seen it's remains. No biggie, fixed with a set of 2 new ones from that fluid power guy in Michigan. Put um in and that dried up 98% of her leaking. Now when I park it you see her lil puddle pad.....It's only a few drops per mowing, and will get to it in time. (side note: of course im only using Hytran Ultra in her)

Next problem were the mounts. They looked new to me at the time I got the machine. They aren't old enough to even have many marks, but what I did notice after reading this forum was that only one thread should be showing, and this had about 5/16 all the way around. I removed the mounts and determined from one of the venders above that these were the actual IH replacements with the hockey puck deal with the 2 washers in it. But even through they look brand new the right 2.250" bolts were far to high, and the left side, wile sitting on the machine had made a small whole in the thin metal around the flywheel. I put the new ones in, like the 28$ ones that you get 8 all the same and loved them. They made the machine so vibration free in comparison. I remembered to only tighten them one thread, though I did do something not in the instructions. The end that didnt have the bevel that wasn't to go against the cradle, well it has a small lip that raies less then an 1/8" and is less then 1/8" wide. I found a washer to fill in the space with a big hole as to not even crush that little raised area. This Sat a friend is coming to weld in the cradle mod to help preserve my new mounts, and I have new snubbers on the way as the ones on it are really tweaked.

So alls great and I mow the front yard. Mowed the side yard, then did a few laps in back, and heres where things got strange.

First the thing was a little hard to start after id shut down to do a once over of my iso installation. Just didnt want to get to far incase I missed something. Anyways it started, then after a few laps the deck quit. Just stopped. So I shut down to kind of look at things. Visually all looked well so I hit the key and heard a few clicks. Nothing would start or turn at this point. Just nothing.

Get it in the garage and start going through the "whats wrong" check list.
* Had power at key with brake depressed and in locked position.
* Had power from key when you turn it.
* Solinoid gets power and clicks when you turn key
* In the last picture you can see where I was testing: on the hot lead that would normally be on starter if it wasn't on bench (and working by the way)

Heres my being inexperienced: I should be getting a quit spike up to 12.6 volts at that wire shouldn't I when I hit the key? Im getting 0.19.... But I hear the solenoid click....And why would this effect the mower deck or is that probably another new problem I'll be addressing once I get her running again?

The deck thing is throwing me off so bad....Hope someone can set me straight.

Thanks for reading, and thank you in advance.
Loc (pronounced Lock)