I was mowing the yard and blades stopped mowing. I noticed the height adjusted on the chassis was not working and sounded loose. Could this be the cause. I removed the mowing deck plates to expose the belt and pulleys and I could move by hand. After doing that, I started the engine and engaged the mower and it ran for about 15 seconds and stopped again like something stopped the blades. Any ideas?
John Deere 455 with 60" mowing deck
- Thread starter WVWalnut
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Checked parking brake, not that. As I stated, I take the top plates off exposing pulleys and belt . I can turn the belt by hand and it looks like all pulleys are turning free, I get on the tractor, start the engine, engage the mower, run for a few seconds and stops as if something caught the blades.
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It could be a bad PTO switch, or a fault in the wires.