Riding Mower Won't Start - How to Fix Fuel Solenoid
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
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Is your riding lawn mower not starting? Lawn tractor cranks but won't start? In this video we are going into level 2 of getting a riding mower to start after it has been sitting. In the first video we showed you a couple of quick tricks to get it started and in this video we will do a more in depth repair of removing the fuel solenoid to see if it is seized up and how to clean it. This is still a beginner level repair that only requires a few tools. We are working on a Toro Timecutter Zero Turn mower with a Kohler Courage engine. This procedure of cleaning the fuel silenoid will hopefully get your lawn mower running and prevent you from having to buy a new part as soon, saving you money!
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I've got a John Deere E110, same type of fuel solenoid. Was mowing the other day, and the tractor just quit on me after I was about 90% of the way done with the yard. Couldn't figure out what was going on as I was getting spark, air and fuel was coming out of the fuel pump and going towards the carb. Just happened to notice the following day when the sun was out that the wiring clip going into the solenoid, the black plastic surrounding that connection was melted. Apparently it overheated, caused a short... or vice versa. Motor will start if I squirt fuel down the intake pipe but quit after a second or so because solenoid is obviously dead and not allowing fuel to be pulled into the carb.
I took it off using your video, determined I needed to order a new one, waiting for it now. Had no idea how this thing came off until I watched your video, so thank you.
You really make it simple and to the point. Needed thinner wrench so had to order. Hope that's the issue. Thank you.
This is exactly what was wrong with mine, and I wouldn’t have known had I not come across this video. Thank you! I appreciate your help :)
You're welcome! Glad it helped!
Tapping on the fuel solenoid did the trick. Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
@@Z23go now it's an issue with the carburetor. It won't stay running unless I keep it choked
Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Exactly what I needed.
You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
Appreciate soooooo much you sharing your mechanical wisdom and expertise. Non-technical mechanical tractor maintenance operator speaking. This was very helpful and helped to get the tractor not starting problem solved. Appreciate the time you took to make this very helpful video. Mucho Gracias
Thank you so much for the great compliment!
Good advise. Don't eliminate safety issue
This helped me get my mower to start.
Thank you.
Awesome! So glad it helped you!
Saved me a whole lot of time. Thank you
You're welcome. Great to hear, thanks for the feedback!
Nice and easy videos. Thank you for sharing them.
Thank you. I appreciate the feedback!
Thanks, brother! Great details!
You're welcome! Thank you!
Thanks for the videos exactly what I was looking for, so helpful I just had to subscribe, looking forward to seeing more videos.👍
Thank you so much!
It worked great. I used left over tools that came with furniture that fit to unscrew. There is a shield around the part that restricts access to the 1/2 inch fitting
I had to use an old wire stripper pliers to get mine off, would've been nice if a standard wrench fit
Wow! Easy fix thank you!!!!!❤
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!!
Great videos
Thank you! That fixed it for me. The solenoid pin had a bunch of gunk on it which made it stick. After replacing the solenoid, I turned the key and mower fired right up. However, I found out the hard way that there was gas all over the floor when I stopped the engine. During removal, the solenoid was wrenched on super tight by the manufacturer. When I loosened it, the thread showed shavings of metal and now it's too loose to tighten. The thread seems damaged on the carburetor side. You think I have to replace the entire carburetor now?
Very useful video, thanks c:
You're welcome!
Gracias my friend 😘
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Thanks Brother
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!!
All I have to say is Thank you!!
You're welcome!!
Question....... I have a 2018 model of a t 1 30 42 inch cut Craftsman made by mtd. The customer pulled off the 2 wires that go into that translucent wiring harness that plugs into the bottom of the fuel solinoid cut off switch. What is the orientation for those 2 wires, black & white are the 2 colors. Where the harness slides up into the bottom of the solo eigit's total annoyed it has it's keyed that 1 is circular and one is angular which wire goes on what side?
Sometimes the solenoid just goes bad and won't retract. I've seen that you can just remove the rubber stopper or cut it off after the threads to resolve it without buying any parts. They did mention adding a manual shutoff if you did this.
I really appreciate the video! After doing what you instructed, I’m closer than I’ve ever been to starting it. Brand new battery. Brand new gas. Now the engine turns over and idles, but as soon as I take the choke off, it sputters and dies. Any suggestions?
Check your linkage & make sure springs are good and everything is where it should be when it should be. Good luck !
I had a no start issue with my kohler courage. Found the float in the bowl was hanging up after removing the bowl. No fuel was coming out so I tapped the float and fuel started flowing out. Drained some fuel and changed the filter. Starts great now.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing this tip.
I tried everything you suggested and unfortunately nothing worked😢do you know what else it could be?
Hi everyone, problem comment nice briggs stanton put fuel solenoid on float bowl but really, they never thought they can burn black pug short out and just about caused dam fire on mine today, my plug-in was clean and still messed up white smoke was pouring from under my hood, glad i found probkem fast or i would had melted hood unplugged solenoid Now thinking of getting rid of solenoid if i can
I used the tapping on the fuel solenoid and at the first try didn't work. I tried to take it off of the bowl and didn;t have a thin enough wrench to work but I kept trying the tapping method and it finally worked.
@jeffridgway5546 Glad it finally worked for you and you didn't have to go buy or grind down a thinner wrench!
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What type of wrench did you use to remove the Solenoid? I can't get my wrench's to fit in the tight slot as they are not thin enough?? Please help!
read thread above. one person ordered a thinner wrench
Such a bad design. I used needle nose pliers
I used those cheap wire crimpers everyone has, worked surprisingly well
Did all these steps and it is still cranking and not starting. What would the next step be?
Dumb question but my plug goes in forward and backward. How do I know which way to plug it back in.
What if you spray starter fluid and it doesn't even try to fire?
Test your spark plugs. Make sure you have spark.
2:34 Now that this has not worked after replacing fuel pump, choke cable, what’s next
My solenoid stay down won’t go up, been sitting for 4 years, should I replace? Looks stuck won’t go up at all.
Hi Imad Jubranimad. If it won't go up and down freely after spraying with WD-40 then yes I would replace it.
I did this and when I unscrewed the solenoid, gas just kept draining out and the bowl fell off. Gas kept draining after the bowl fell off. What would cause this?
The threaded part on the solenoid is what holds the float bowl onto the carb... Once that's off it's going to start draining your gas tank.. You can either take the gas line off the carb and place it higher than the bottom of the tank, or just drain it into a gas can
Same missing video link issue...🙃
They don't work on phone internet browsers for some reason. You can see them on the CZcams app or a computer though!
Fuel solenoid wont even engage its not stuck ive taken it out and cleaned it when i turn key switch it doesn't operate its like its not getting power. What do i check next?
Then its a bad solenoid.
@@larryhurley2314 I cut the nipple off it it works fine now and put a online shutoff valve on fuel line. Solenoid was bad
Bought and installed a new carb off of amazon and it came with a solenoid.... tried to start the mower and it wouldnt fire. I took the old factory carbs's solenoid off and cleaned it and put it on the new carb and it fired up like brand new. Cheap chinese solenoid came defective..
The name brand solenoids can be expensive, where I bet it was a cheap one on the new carb. Glad you got the old one working!
just unplug it its just an auto fuel shut off duhhhhhhhhh
That does not work , I’ve tried it , I’ve tried all the so called tricks , and none of them work !! Ugh
Sorry it's not working for you. It doesn't work all the time, where sometimes the fuel solenoid is just wore out. I've had to replace the original one on my torro where it went bad after about 10 yrs.
@@Z23go it’s all good , I may have figured out the problem , I hope
I hope so. Good luck with it. 👍
What was the fix?
@@spam4mangan don’t know yet , I’m going to do more work on it and figure it out .