July 3, 2022
My name is Terry. I've been a best friend to forum user Retchr, better known to me as Barry, for over 25 years. Barry is/was an LS XR4040 owner but owned and worked on various other tractors down through the years.
I am sad to post that Barry was diagnosed with cancer just...
I just joined as I am trying to resolve this same issue on an XR4040 for a member who just passed away last week.
Tractor was dead in the back yard for days but I got it running good again, but it just dies after about two seconds. Pull solenoid winding checks fine with an ohm meter...
Just now joined so I could comment on your adapter.
I bought one of those on Ebay and ran into the squared key issue as well but simply used a slender new sharp long utility knife blade to shave off the key and then it plugged right in just fine. (A slender Exacto holder with blade will work...