I was running the G1800-S last week and it overheated. I waited a bit for it to cool, it started right back up and I drove it back to the shed.
I went out to use it again and it will not start. Once the glow plug is warmed and I engage the key to the start position, there is no noise indicating it even plans to start.
I put the battery on a charger overnight and the battery is fully charged.
Based on the wiring schematics, I pulled the fusible link (Red wire with fusible link attached) to the starter and verified it is still good via an ohmmeter.
I pulled the BW wire from the starter and measured roughly 11 volts when the key switch was engaged to start. (It is a fairly new key switch since the original was replaced about a year ago.) Why it didn't read the full 12.7V that my Fluke is showing directly at the starter and the battery? Don't know.
One other issue that bothered me can be seen in the attached pic. It seems the teeth of the starter aren't directly engaged with the teeth of the flywheel. Maybe that's normal but maybe it's not? What frustrates me is the fact that I rode it up to its resting place with no issues and now it refuses to start. I can't imagine what has changed since then.
Any help troubleshooting this lack of starting of my G1800-S will be GREATLY appreciated since I have 4 acres of shin high grass that will probably be knee high very shortly.
Thanks in advance,
Pete
I went out to use it again and it will not start. Once the glow plug is warmed and I engage the key to the start position, there is no noise indicating it even plans to start.
I put the battery on a charger overnight and the battery is fully charged.
Based on the wiring schematics, I pulled the fusible link (Red wire with fusible link attached) to the starter and verified it is still good via an ohmmeter.
I pulled the BW wire from the starter and measured roughly 11 volts when the key switch was engaged to start. (It is a fairly new key switch since the original was replaced about a year ago.) Why it didn't read the full 12.7V that my Fluke is showing directly at the starter and the battery? Don't know.
One other issue that bothered me can be seen in the attached pic. It seems the teeth of the starter aren't directly engaged with the teeth of the flywheel. Maybe that's normal but maybe it's not? What frustrates me is the fact that I rode it up to its resting place with no issues and now it refuses to start. I can't imagine what has changed since then.
Any help troubleshooting this lack of starting of my G1800-S will be GREATLY appreciated since I have 4 acres of shin high grass that will probably be knee high very shortly.
Thanks in advance,
Pete