English: A John Deere L120 lawn mower in a Finnish garden. Suomi: John Deere -merkkinen ajoleikkuri puutarhassa. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Did your Murray riding motor stop running? Did you hit something with your Murray tractor mower and now it won't run? Here is a (video) to help you troubleshoot your electrical components for your Murray riding lawn mower.
Today I am working on my own Murray tractor mower. I hit a stump a few months back. The motor stopped dead on it's tracks and the motor wouldn't start again on my Murray tractor mower.
Today I did some troubleshooting. Since I hit a stump and the lawn mower stopped running I figured I better check the blade.
The riding lawn mower blade appeared to have no damage. I took the spark plug wire off the spark plug for safety. Note: always remove spark plug wire when removing the blade.
I figured since I have someone here to hold the lawn mower to it's side. I should just go a head and sharpen the blade.
Next I checked my Murray tractor mower belt. Making sure my belt didn't slip off the pulleys. Lawn mower belt was just fine.
I checked my lawn mower battery after the battery charged all night. I figured it could be the battery considering I have had my Murray tractor mower for 8 years I bought my lawn mower used, So I can safely assume the lawn mower battery has never been replaced.
I have power in my lawn mower battery but no power to my ignition switch. Since I never had problems with my tractor mower switches.
I went on to youtube and found a great video on troubleshooting a ignition switch.
I viewed "Basic Electrical Troubleshooting for
Lawn & Garden Tractors" I hope this video helps you with your Murray riding mower fix.
I have never had a riding lawn mower before. I already bought my new Weedeater riding mower yesterday. I had a chance to cut about 3/4" of grass today and have to say that the riding mower met or exceeded my expectations.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment! I never heard of the Weedeater riding lawn mower are you happy with it so far?
DeleteAfter I come back from my vacation I will have to see about getting a weedeater lawn mower.
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ReplyDeleteA lawn mower is a machine with a rotary cutting mechanism for keeping grass trimmed to lawn height. The decision of which type of lawn mower to buy hinges first on two questions: How large is the area to be mowed? How much physical effort does the lawn owner want to invest in lawn care?
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