Hello all....Nice forum. I have a quick question.
I recently picked up an old lawn tractor (no clue what it is) with an 11hp B&S engine. I am going to use it as a "tug and push".
Heres the problem....The wiring harness and key switch were gone so I wired it as follows:
For ignition I ran one wire from the solenoid to one side of a heavy duty push button start switch. The other wire goes to the battery. Starts and runs fine.
For "kill" I got a 2 pole switch and ran the motors kill wire to one side a wire to ground from the other. Shuts down fine.
My problem is the charging system. I have 2 wires coming out of the cowling from behind the starter. Both were cut and taped off. 1 is red, the other is black. I believe the red wire should go to the battery (+) or the "input" side of the solenoid to charge the battery. I believe the black is a ground.
I touched the red wire to the (+) terminal on the battery and it sparked. So I tried the black wire...same result.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.
GW
I recently picked up an old lawn tractor (no clue what it is) with an 11hp B&S engine. I am going to use it as a "tug and push".
Heres the problem....The wiring harness and key switch were gone so I wired it as follows:
For ignition I ran one wire from the solenoid to one side of a heavy duty push button start switch. The other wire goes to the battery. Starts and runs fine.
For "kill" I got a 2 pole switch and ran the motors kill wire to one side a wire to ground from the other. Shuts down fine.
My problem is the charging system. I have 2 wires coming out of the cowling from behind the starter. Both were cut and taped off. 1 is red, the other is black. I believe the red wire should go to the battery (+) or the "input" side of the solenoid to charge the battery. I believe the black is a ground.
I touched the red wire to the (+) terminal on the battery and it sparked. So I tried the black wire...same result.
What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance for any help.
GW