Hi Taryl. I enjoyed your demonstrations better than most of the other ones that are on RU-vid. You get down to the basics better and clearer than many that I've seen. Thanks for showing how to test the solenoid that's on the tractor. I appreciate your humor too!
You have come a long way Taryl. Just started watching last year 2019 and I have been binge watching old stuff. This is still the Taryl I love but you have definitely gotten better over time.
Been working on my father in law’s Snapper riding lawn mower for a few years now, and he called me the other day to say it wasn’t starting again. Pretty sure it’s the solenoid, but now I know how to test it. Your videos were the first I thought of to figure out how to test/troubleshoot it. Thanks Taryl! You’ve been a huge help, as usual…
I really enjoy your videos I enjoy all the actors that help you I hope you utilize them as much as you can the entertainment is actually really something I look forward to and I have learned so much stuff from you it is incredible I'd like to see maybe some more videos explaining correct maintenance procedures on equipment I think would be helpful, as well as looking forward to additional repair and how to videos oh, I don't know how it is that you can know all that you know, but I really appreciate all of your wonderful information thank you
Dude, how is it that your purposely talking funny but you still explain better then half these people online hahahahaha awesome videos, been watching for years now !
I'm working on electric over hydraulic wrecker boom came from South Alabama to Missouri and it didn't work. I watched your video and found out it needed a solenoid and a little tap on the starter. Thanks a lot brother!. You can get some whitener for those teeth at Walmart LOL!
Im working on an older wheel horse 312-8 that has a relay with three wires going to it, like an old car style....Going to track down whats going on with this thing.The selonoid is good so off I go Taryl..If you have any of these kind that is a little more difficult to diagnose .. throw em on here my friend! Thanks!
Very informative. Now I know how to trouble shoot solenoids. I was watching one of donyboy73s videos and he had the same problem but the problem wasn't in the starter It was in the valves. One can mimic the other.
Thanks Taryl, for me, anything electrical is just like wizardry. You explain it in a way that I can understand. Mechanics I can "see" and follow ok. Its nice to see electrics explained in this visual manner. Good man.
That's great info !!!! If the solenoid gets a hard click but the starter wont engage , and I can jump over the solenoid and it will start , is the solenoid bad ?? Or do I have another issue ?? I can run a jumper to the starter and it will crank also ...
have you come across the new connectors on the Chevy 2011 solenoids and what number or connector would that be??? have not come across any vids on the new connectors on solenoids
My solenoid is good, relay fuse and key switch are good, battery is new and tested, yet no power is going to the starter motor when I turn the key. I’ve also tested all the safety circuit breakers, done everything the way you shown Taryl. Only thing I haven’t done is test the starter motor… I put the test light on the starter motor while I turn the key and it doesn’t light up, but everything before I’ve tested and it’s all good. Could it be the starter motor??? Ignition coil??
If my solenoid is going bad, will it blow my tractors fuse? My 15 amp fuse keeps blowing after 20 minutes or so while my PTO is engaged. Also, sometimes while my PTO is engaged and I'm cutting grass, the the PTO will disengage. Then I have to shut off the PTO and then engage it again to start cutting again. This happens sometimes. Any solution would be greatly appreciated. This is on a John Deere LX178 tractor.
I have a 2015 T3200 Craftsman riding mower. Ran great last fall. stored in the garage for winter, pull it out today and added fresh gas to about 1/4 that was already in it. Mower will turn over but not firing or trying to start.. I took the fairly new plugs out and cleaned them up with a little sand paper on both ends of the plug, it still will not fire. Any ideas what I could check for to help diagnose the problem. Thank you ahead of time for any advice you can give me. Ric
My Troy built super bronco starts sometimes, turn the key and nuthin, turn it again and it cranks and starts, do you think it’s the ignition switch? Or solenoid? Thanks love the video intros
Quick question I have a 2001 john deere 345 battery light came on about 2 or 3 mows ago stays on but been running fine my wife pull mower out of garage I had her shut it off do to tire needing air and when we went to start it nothing no click nothing all the warning lights go real dim but after about 15 to 20 seconds everything goes bright again but still won't start touch the key goes back to lights dimming and has a brand new John deere battery any clue need help
Thank you, sir, I was able to duplicate the solenoid test and mine was good also. I changed the starter, replaced the fuse under the seat but still, I am getting that clicking noise and no crank. Could there be another fuse in the circuit I have a cub cadet with a Kohler engine
thanks man. you're too cool. you make more sense than you'll know. however I'm looking for a video that could tell me why I blow a fuse and motor dies when I pull the pro knob...thanks
i would of checked for voltage drop on all connections before condemning the stater. and i would of checked load on that battery first to see if it could hold a load... just say`n
I have a Scott mower made by John Deere , it won’t cut off , I have to unhook battery to get starter to stop cranking , I put a new ignition switch same results , I took solenoid off cked it for continuity it was ok , so now what do I do is there a kill wire somewhere that maybe broken or unhooked ? I’m not sure what to do ?
WHAH hah hah - I almost spit MY teeth out (and they ain't false). Yeppirs; git 'er done fellers. Taryl HAS to be in North Georgia somewhere!! Thanks for the video and I live the talking alligator clips!! Mine don't talk to me :-(
If one can see 12volts on the red wire at the starter when the key is turned does that prove the solenoid is good, or could it still be bad, or does just a test light prove it and not a meter. Thankis
If I’m swapping a motor and my new motor has an attached starter solenoid combo(Koehler command) how should ya hook up the the 4 wires from the old set solenoid set up . Solenoid is separate from starter on the old engine(Briggs v twin)
taryl I got a problem my solenoidis hot on both sides but the small wire is die went you turn the switch on but I can jump the solenoid and it fire up and run good what do you think
Thanks buddy I just fixed my tractor that was my problem, my dad was cranking it until he burnt a freaking positive cable right off the battery , I mean bat- tree
To me this only tests that juice is going to the trigger circuit, not the output to the starter. What if the output isn't producing all the amps? I guess it is unlikely Taryl knows what he is doing as he showed the bench test of the output of solenoids.
hEY Taryl, I have a bad solenoid on my ferris zero turn (2010) and in one of your other videos you said to fix the problem with that would be to get a 3 post frame mount solenoid and take the power cable and run it to one side of new solenoid from the battery. Then buy another cable and go from the other side of the new solenoid to the starter. Now you said to make a wire and loop it from the starter to the trigger lead on the starter, which I did. THen I was suppose hook up the other trigger switch to the new solenoid. I then tightened everything and mounted it to the frame, hooked the negative battery cable back up and tried it. It still had the same problem. It just clicked. Eventually it caught and worked but its not consistent. Did I do something wrong?
Help please was cutting a yard my zero turn turned off no warning after that I tried starting and nothing didnt even make a noise dead I took out the key and I heard a humming noise lasted around 5 min I thought something was going to blow any idea ?
No I couldn’t see the solenoid Taryl, But can you test the solenoid with the Volts instead of ohms? I think to see if the solenoid works properly you need to test with live circuit instead of continuity, ya know, if you have voltage you have continuity but if you don’t have the 12 volts it’s junk , ya know 😚🤔🤭
To me it sounds like your not holding the key in "start" long enough. The solenoid makes a click noise when the key is turned. If your tractor makes any attempt to turn the engine, your solenoid is probably good
Well folks again this is kind of laymans way to about things but it doesn't always tell ya the truth about the solenoid especially if has rust inside it. When say a larger starter from a like V twin draws on a solenoid the solenoid can work a moment then the starter cuts out because it heats up inside due to corrosion or moisture in the unit and stops working as the current draws juice. It's sort of like a fatigued coil you're cutting grass say like 20min and all of sudden the mower shuts off. It cools down and magically starts up again. Your coil can test good when it's cold or cooled off so these are problems that a bench test doesn't always find even if a unit is completely bad it may not test that way. I have that in my Motorized Bicycle videos a mag coil doesn't always bench test bad. This more primitive test is okay for the most part it is a way of at the least checking the stuff.
