You could use a nice manicure.

I was cutting today and my mower just died. No ignition at all. Found a fuse blown on the positive cable to the battery. Jumped that out and nothing. Pulled the seat switch and it has 5 wires. Jumped the green and yellow and the mower started. Released the clutch and died. Starts right up but dies every timeI release the clutch or engage the pto. So I got my DIY mechanic youtube out and Googled mower dying everytime I release the clutch for my LT1 LT42. Well, I had doubts cause this video was too easy. Sure enough, pulled the buss fuse as shown in this video and mower actually runs better. I've been getting what I called a stuck choke and the mower took about 10 seconds to run smoother. It was the seat switch the whole time. Thank you for showing this video again!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELO

This is is great ❤👍

Do you think this will work with zforce 54L zero turn by chance? Thanks for the video, if no one knows I’ll try and post results

Can you engage the blades?

You mean idiot switch es ! 😂🍺👍

NICE JOB

You rock

Thanks so much

Love it. Need it.

Thanks those are dangerous i think. I was mowing on a hill and readjusted and killed the engine and almost lost control

Thans for the class😮

I have a 2021 Ultima ZT2. There is a 4 pin plug for the seat safety but only a small bus bar that connects the center pins. The outer wires are white and the inner are green and yellow. If you push the small bus bar out and jumper the outer pins (white wires), this will bypass the seat safety. I basically destroyed my safety switch to see how it worked inside to figure it out. 😂 I don't get off the mower while the blades are on but my yard is fairly hilly and I need to shift my weight around to make sure the uphill wheel gets enough traction to keep me from sliding out. Got tired of the engine stalling. Thanks for sending me down the right path sir! Hopefully this helps someone with their Ultima.

Unplug the harness from reverse mow box in dash and it bypass the blade kill.

This video is about 3 years old but I have an older cadet zero turn and this video was absolutely gold. Thank you kind sir!

I had the switch apart and nothing happened couldn't start it or anything. So taking the buss bar out is the key? It will start with the buss bar out?

thank you!!!

This worked perfectly. Thanks man! Looked exactly like the one in the video

I really appreciate you putting this video up. I was having the same issue where the lawn mower would power down if I leaned too far forward. I had decided to live with it, though it was annoying. Eventually though something went wrong with the switch and the engine would shut off as soon as I disengaged the clutch. I was really trying to avoid taking it to the shop as I knew they would be backed up for the fall. I also knew it had to be a simple non-engine related problem. I tried the fix in this video and it instantly resolved my problem.

Dumb mistake and unsafe

Thanks for this "electrical experiment lesson". It worked just like you said

Very detailed troubleshooting video straight to the problem without all the talking about what led up to the problem and how the problem has existed, and yada yada on and on. Thanks for the short video it is what every do it yourself person needs 5 stars for me. 😃

Thank you, sir!! This worked perfext on my older 42 inch Cub.

Awesome! I'll try it today. I was wondering why that connector looked more complicated than the old ones. Like others, my mower keeps shutting down on bumps, really annoying. I have used the old tie wrap the switch closed trick, but after a while it pops again. Time to fix it right!

Thanks bud.

I expect this mower will last several seasons with decent care. kzbin.infoUgkx1VWTrayKBdCKAjzAcZ_Eg4dhHTae3LkN also recommend Also, I ran across the problem with it not starting the 2nd time I used it. There is a safety switch which is pushed in by the chute or mulching piece being attached to the deck. I took the cover off and it wouldn't start. Put it back on, no problem. It takes only a minute with 2 easily accessible wingnuts and no tools. This mower starts up first crank each time and it is a joy to use. It also mows in reverse by putting the key to the reverse area after starting and pushing in the triangular button. It will stay in reverse mode until you turn it off. All in all, for my homeowner needs, I really like this mower-and at 70 bucks a cut here in Miami, it's already more than 1/3 paid for itself in a month.

This is life changing thank you so much!

Thank you!! I'm a small-statured gal, so if so much as lean forward to adjust my T-shirt or scratch my lower leg I had to restart half the time...tonight I was already down in my barn/garage messing around with the air compressor and a ratchet strap bc my front tire had slipped off the rim and figured what the hell, what's a few more minutes working on the Cub to bypass the seat safety, right? Flipped the seat over and had a basic idea of what to do, but thought it best to double check the web and good thing, because I probably would've made something this simple a few steps more difficult! 😂 So thanks again!!

And it worked! Thank you for the post. My issue was actually the brake switch. The harness came off the switch. But, no more nuisance switch to worry about.

Thank you. My parking brake won't engage this year, so the engine dies every time I have to empty my bagger. I have a big yard, so I have to empty the bags about 10 times, and I don't want to wear out the starter. This is a good fix until I can find a tutorial on how to fix the brake.

If you don't plug it back in even after removing the buss bar then why remove it, just unplug it. I did see where you told someone else just unplugging it won't work, but I don't understand why. If it's never plugged back in and makes no contact how is it going to "not work?" Thank you

EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks so much!

Thanks a lot . Would have not figured that out on my own . Took about 1 minute and problem solved .

Thank you for sharing the trick. I follow your instructions and it works.

Thank you

Mr., you're my hero. I would have never figured this out on my own. Perfect solution. Thank you!

The first thing I did was disconnect the reverse safety switch that's the biggest pain-in-the-ass but very easy to disconnect

I did the same thing in the nice thing about it is you can plug your plug back in if you want your system to be back in operation

Didn't work. Of course my problem may be caused by something else.

Does this still allow to engage the blades as well? My switch is sensitive everything I hit a bump the blades turn off

Thank you! I was easy and worked very quickly appreciated it did it on a 2023 zero turn ztx2.

Thanks, I like easy. 👍

I cut the wires before watching you do it the easy way now I'm stuck. solutions

Thanks! I've disconnected many of those over the years. This one had me stumped! It will be great not having to wear out my starter from having to restart every blasted time I get off of the beast!

Thank you!!! Worked perfectly!!!! 2 weeks of wasted time, should’ve done this first!!!

I am 84 and a light 145 lbs. My yard is very bumpy and the seat switch kept stalling the engine. I don’t know if that bothered the engine, but it sure bothered me. Then I found your solution and both myself and the engine want to give you a very sincere “thank you”.

Thanks

Awesome video brother! Amazing explanation as well... have a blessed day!

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