[AT] Husqvarna Lawn Tractor

Fri Jun 13 11:30:07 PDT 2014

Nope, turned out to be a defective sensor under the seat.

These are the things that would have been caught during a dealer prep had it 
been purchased locally...

the safety switch under the seat does not always work

the oil filter was leaking, it was not on very tight

one of the pulleys has a spring-loaded clip that keeps the belt from coming 
off, that clip is what was causing the engine to die. It was causing the 
pulley to lock up.

plus 5 or 6 damaged pieces that were damaged in transit

I always prefer to buy equipment locally, unfortunately, I could not find 
anyone within 100 miles to sell me one. It looks like Husqvarna lost most of 
their smaller town dealers when they started letting Lowe's and other mass 
merchants sell them.

The good news, and there generally is some good if you look for it hard 
enough, I now know this machine inside and out.  I basically have done the 
dealer prep.  They tell me that it is very unusual to find a unit with this 
many problems.

Oh well.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Strobel
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2014 12:48 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Husqvarna Lawn Tractor

Do you have to turn the key back one click?  This is how my Craftsman is.

RickinMt.

> From: ddss at telebeep.com
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 21:50:29 -0500
> Subject: Re: [AT] Husqvarna Lawn Tractor
>
> If I were smart enough to do it, sure :)  Like cars today, everything on
> this is electronic.
>
> At first I was sure the deck belt was the problem, I removed it and it 
> still
> died. There is a short belt that goes from the bottom pulley on the 
> spindle
> that  comes down from the engine. and goes to the mid-mount pulley, I
> removed that and it was fine.
>
> Yep, everything is free and spins fine.
>
> I am stumped.  If I cannot figure it out by tomorrow night, I have to take
> it to a service center in Omaha, just over 100 miles from here.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion.  I'll look around and see if there is a way to
> force the governor to open up.
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:24 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Husqvarna Lawn Tractor
>
> Well that's crazy, everything spins freely by hand but the engine won't
> turn it. Almost like the governor isn't kicking in for the added load of
> the deck and pulley system. Is there a way to manually advance the
> governor to see if that is the problem?
>
> Mike M
>
> On 6/11/2014 9:34 PM, DDSS wrote:
> > We just purchased a Husqvarna r220t articulating lawn tractor last week 
> > (
> > http://www.husqvarna.com/us/products/riders/r-220t/  )  , the shipping
> > crate
> > was destroyed but not as bad as the first one they shipped. The freight
> > company destroyed that tractor and later took it away and the dealer
> > shipped
> > me another.  This was not in as bad of shape as the first one, but the
> > dealer is sending me both fenders, the engine cover, the back plate that
> > sits behind the engine and says "HOT" and the clip that holds the engine
> > hood down. The plastic piece that rests on the deck looks like it got 
> > run
> > over, so they are sending one of those as well.
> >
> > When I first tried to start the engine, it ran like the choke was stuck
> > on.
> > The set screw was loose on the choke cable, problem fixed.
> >
> > When the deck arrived (they lost it on the second shipment)  I un-boxed 
> > it
> > from what was left of the crate, and mounted it on the mower and was all
> > set
> > to go do some serious cutting.  Na.  When I started letting the deck 
> > down
> > (it moves a tension pulley back at the engine) the engine died.  I 
> > thought
> > maybe I let it down too quickly. Nope.
> >
> > The deck belt was a bugger to get on, so I thought maybe that was too
> > tight.
> > Nope.  I removed it and still the engine died.  There are three pulleys
> > under there, one at the engine that goes to a mid-mount pulley and the
> > mid-mount pulley also has a belt connecting it to the deck.
> >
> > I removed the belt that runs from the engine to the mid-mount pulley and
> > the
> > engine does not die. I am thinking maybe the tension on the belt is too
> > high
> > but there is no adjustment, also the belt is taught but not too tight.
> > The
> > mid-mount pulley spins freely. The tension roller also spins freely. 
> > It's
> > strange but the engine shuts off way before the deck pulley is fully
> > engaged.
> >
> > Anyone care to guess what the problem might be?
> >
> > The link below is a link of the engine dying.
> >
> > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/22482341/20140610_190108.mp4
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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