JOHN DEERE RX75 RER REAR ENGINE RIDING LAWN MOWER ELECTRICAL IGNITION SOLENOID BATTERY REPLACEMENT 

That stuff can drive you crazy!

Now I know how Henry acquired all his tools😂

Could be a seat safety wire.

Nice troubleshooting bro and you gained a socket driver out of it 😂 scorz!

Taking off the kill wire, should of made it start/spark, only thing I can think of is the engine isn't grounded to the frame, maybe rust? Maybe rubber grommets to keep vibrations down, the engine to frame bolts I ment.... That would make the engine not have its own ground, and might need a grounding strap.... Strange.

Did you ever figure out the problem? I have an RX75 that ran great for a couple years and all of the sudden...no spark?!?!?

Do these just take regular unleaded gas? I just got one 😁

Henry, The FB460V Kawasaki engine that is on my 165 John Deere has the “Notorious Solenoid Click” condition that was all too common with the John Deere lawn tractors and probably the RER mowers. Just For My Personal Curiosity, I tried swapping the starter with another starter and it was the same exact result. Usually I have to cycle the key switch 2 to 3 times and the engine will usually start right up and then there’s times that the starter cranks over flawlessly - Go Figure!!! So Henry, I was curious if your RER had the 38 inch mower deck. I have also seen the round 30 inch deck mounted on the John Deere RER mowers. The unfortunate thing about the John Deere products is that they are really proprietary and in many situations, The John Deere OEM parts of approved aftermarket part will be the only parts that will work at all. I am rather interested with this series of videos due to the similarities to my 165 John Deere with the wiring harness especially.

So how did you actually get the spark back?

If you could get the schematics maybe off John Deeres website ? Not am electrician sorry that's why I don't mess with riders or tractors . Maybe tomorrow you'll have better luck 🤞

So those two green an purple ish wire's go under the frame to a safety switch

I have a sx75 John Deere . It m missing the whole air filter assembly , do you have one ?

Henry I think some Kawasaki engines use an igniter along with the coil. It’s a little silver box that gets wired to the coil and I don’t think it’ll spark without it. It’s kind of a weird setup and I don’t know much about it but maybe that’s what you’ve got there? Good luck bud, nothing worse than unf***ing someone else’s project!

Hmm my rx75 has a slow crank and of course wont start. Watching videos to get some ideas.

that's not a Kawasaki that's a kinda sucky

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