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Toro gas/electric start problem
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Thu, May 6, 10 at 14:37
| I have a Toro model 20074 with electric start. The electric start does not work. I have charged the battery for 24 hours - as suggested. I checked the 40amp fuse and it looks OK. there is no "click" or anything that tells me that the starter is trying to activate. Ideas on what else to look for would be appreciated. The other connectors look secure but I have not disconnected and re-connected them. |
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RE: Toro gas/electric start problem
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| You may want to check the battery. If it's internally shorted out no amount of charging will help. |
RE: Toro gas/electric start problem
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| I'm in the process fo doing that. I have a voltmeter and am not really sure what I should set my voltmeter to. I think it's a 12 volt battery. I have a "DC V" scale and a "AC V" scale. I'm really ignorant when using a voltmeter. DC V ranges from 2.5 - 1000. AC V goes from 10 , 50, 100. Thanks for any ideas - and pardon my voltmeter ignorance. I have check the battery with some of the options - the voltmeter registers a lot at certain settings. |
RE: Toro gas/electric start problem
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| The battery is perfect. Must be something else. |
RE: Toro gas/electric start problem
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| I traced the voltage through the battery - out the connector from the battery - everthing showed 12.7 volts. I took the linkage/connector that goes from the end of the above mentioned connector to the starter switch off. I took the ground(black wire) off the engine block and I took the red wire off the starter switch and it also checked out OK when connected to the first connector and not connected to the starter switch. When I re-connected the black wire to the engine block and the red wire to the starter switch - I got nothing. Long story but I tried to put the details in. |
RE: Toro gas/electric start problem
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| From your description it sounds like you can start the mower if you bypass the switch. If that's the case then the switch may be bad. |
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