My Scag has a 29 hp Kawasaki EFI engine. I've replaced fuel pump, filter and battery. Mower starts up runs great better than it ever has, as soon as I engage the blades the mower stops dead in it's tracks. Then mower is very hard to restart, can anyone help?
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Chunkspowerstroke
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Um I don't know to much about them but could maybe the saftey start switch but not sure. GoodLuck
jhwentworth
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I also don't know very much about Scag equipment, but this sounds like a safety interlock problem.
From the Scag owner's manual on page 11:
"The mower is equipped with a safety interlock system
that prevents the engine from starting unless the deck
drive is disengaged, the parking brake is engaged, the
steering control levers are in the neutral position and the
operator is in the seat. The interlock system shuts off
the engine if the operator leaves the seat with the steering
control levers not in the neutral position and/or the cutter
blades engaged and the parking brake not engaged."
There is a contradiction here when the manual says the machine won't start unless the operator is in the seat. Have you been able to start the machine while not in the seat in the past? Most mowers have two safety circuits; one to disable the starter and another to kill the ignition after the motor is running. Most allow the motor to start without being in the operators seat if the parking brake is set.
Here's the manual and the wiring diagram:
http://www.scag.com/OpManuals/STT/2003STTIPL/2003STTIPLcomplete06082.pdf
http://www.scag.com/OpManuals/STT/2003STTOPMAN/2003STTOPMANcomplete03120.pdf
From the Scag owner's manual on page 11:
"The mower is equipped with a safety interlock system
that prevents the engine from starting unless the deck
drive is disengaged, the parking brake is engaged, the
steering control levers are in the neutral position and the
operator is in the seat. The interlock system shuts off
the engine if the operator leaves the seat with the steering
control levers not in the neutral position and/or the cutter
blades engaged and the parking brake not engaged."
There is a contradiction here when the manual says the machine won't start unless the operator is in the seat. Have you been able to start the machine while not in the seat in the past? Most mowers have two safety circuits; one to disable the starter and another to kill the ignition after the motor is running. Most allow the motor to start without being in the operators seat if the parking brake is set.
Here's the manual and the wiring diagram:
http://www.scag.com/OpManuals/STT/2003STTIPL/2003STTIPLcomplete06082.pdf
http://www.scag.com/OpManuals/STT/2003STTOPMAN/2003STTOPMANcomplete03120.pdf
wushaw
Elite Member
If it's not a saftey switch then check the deck for operation, see if the blades turn and not locked up for any reason.
shortgut
New member
describe hard to start: wont turn over, turns over but will not start etc .
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