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MTD 14hp mower will not start?

MTD 14hp mower will not start. There is no click when I turn switch. Battery shows 12 volts. I tried going from battery to starter with set of jumper cables but still would not start.

Where is solenoid located on this tractor?

rob cooper
March 2009

MTD MTD 14hp Garden Tools, Lawn Mowers Battery Solenoid Tractor

Try checking your saftey switches.
I had that happen on mine, I sat down, turned the key to start, and slowly engaged to mower blade----it caught. Check your relay switches. If the battery is good, starter, good, connections tight and clean. Try the switches!
Good luck.

Fishcatcher
March 2009

If you get nothng when jumping directly from battery to starter, then either the engine is not earthed or the starter is dead.

If there is no click at all when the key is turned to 'START', then it's likely there is a faulty safty switch somewhere. Make sure the brake is fully applied, and the mower is disengaged before trying to start. Hold the key in START, and move the blade engage lever and brake pedal back and forth slightly to see if the switch adjustment is marginal.

phil_saunders@bigfoot.com

Phil Saunders
March 2009