[AJD] 345 garden tractor

whodunnit elacruze at comcast.net
Wed Feb 2 12:31:01 PST 2005


Ron-

Check to see that the ignition receives power while in the crank
position. I've seen plenty of engines of every type fail to start or
start just as you release the key when the keyswitch is bad and doesn't
power the ignition in the crank position.

Eric

Ronald L. Cook wrote:
> Yep, I know.  It is not an antique.  However, someone on this list can 
> help me.  This thing has the single cylinder Kawasaki engine.  It always 
> cranks until the battery is darn near run down before it will start. 
> Drives me NUTS!  Why does it have to turn over so many times?  Been that 
> way since new.  My dealer was no help.  Are they all like that?  If it 
> was a recoil start, I would have thrown it in the Missouri river a long 
> time ago.<g>  Anyone have anything to offer?  It is worse in cold 
> weather.  Maybe the choke does not completely close.  That is the only 
> thing I can think of to check.
> 
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
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