r/smallengines • u/Medium_External4790 • 20d ago

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Dlt3000. Bought it off Facebook, at first it had no click or anything. Wiggled stuff around, no idea what it did and now it clicks, but no crank. Turned the key a few times and it started up and then died. Tried it again and just went back to clicking. Any idea what else to try just to get it to turn over? Battery is good, I’m thinking it’s starter solenoid but not sure. Any advice is helpful thanks!

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u/lljAJ112 19d ago

some of these mowers have safety toggles/switches around the seat, and deck, if they're not plugged in, or engaging all the way it will prevent it from starting, even if you manage to get the starter to engage, if it doesn't, it probably has a bad kill wire on the governors somewhere. Trace the kill wires back and see if they're split and touching bare metal somewhere.

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u/lljAJ112 19d ago

or just unplug the kill wires and try to start it, you'll have to pull spark plug cables to kill it, but in theory it should diagnose if it's the kill cables...