TROY-BILT KOHLER COURAGE RIDING MOWER TURNS OVER NO START. EASY DIY DIAGNOSIS 

I say it again, as a student I learn from your teacher.

Add a in line gas shut off valve feeding the carburetor

Now this is the type of repair I JUST LOVE!!!!!!!!!! SIMPLE!!!!!!

Excellent! It works! I did put a fuel line shut off valve between the carburetor and fuel pump. When done mowing I just shut off my gas and let it run out! Never get back fire and ready for winter storage every time I'm done mowing. (No gas sitting in the carburetor) 😅

Thank you Mr. Raley! My daughter's tractor was getting hard to start and your excellent video was the solution. You are The Man! Well done Sir! I removed the solenoid without removing the carburetor. The solenoid was stuck in the closed position. I removed the rubber tip, pushed the metal plunger in the open position and disconnected the wire. After reassembly, the mower started on the first try! Thank you very much for your help! I wish you all the best.

Wow!! I think that maybe you just fixed my old Poulan rider that I use to get me around my little farm since my health has gotten worse. At 71 yrs old I'm going to give this a try tomorrow morning. Thankks.

Thank you so much. Your help was absolutely spot on correct. You made it easy to understand and i followed your advise and steps and now the ole red is alive again.

Thanks I learned some good stuff here. My 11 yr old mower came with the property and I think they disconnected that solenoid. I didn't know what it was there for, maybe a gas shutoff switch. Anyway I noticed gas leaking on the ground when it was just sitting so I put in a fuel cut off valve ahead of the fuel filter and that took care of the float bowl leaking.

This fix just fixed mine. Thank you for the help.

Love thank you for acknowledging the fact some of just need to cut our lawns and don’t have to always do things the “right” way

In the process of repairing a 15HP Kohler that has not run for a year replaced the starter and a few other bits saw your video and it helped a lot thanks a lot

Thank you sir!! This is exactly what was wrong with mine!! Youre awesome!!

This guy is awesome 🤣

Thank you!

Learning so much from you.

Good job. Exactly what I would’ve done!

Thank you for the info

You the man !

Thank you Sir!!! I appreciate you.

Thanks alot help so much.

Thank you this worked on mine

I got a stanley 42 in mower (just a murray basically) we've had since 2001 with a Tecumseh engine, the carburetor is much easier to get to but is doing this exact thing from the start of your video. I had to change the drive belt, but a 22 year old mower... working on it by yourself with no help is a pain. Thank you!

Great step by step informative video!

Help me a whole lot and explains why mower just quit when just got done mowing the whole lawn. Thank You again :)

Very informative and simple. I will be trying this as my next step to get mine working.

I really thank you for the tip.

THANK YOU! You saved us a lot of time and money. We couldn't figure out why our Troybilt Pony wouldn't start, and watching your video and following your instructions did the trick! Thank you so much!

Thank you for this, you helped me out

GOOD VIDEO Thanks Ed Loretto Ontario Canada

Thank you my friend I'm going to give it a go at it.

Straight up ,good diagnoses ,easy fix ,you should move around the block from Me

Works for me. TKY.

Thanks, fixed my issue on 2011 pony.

Great video thanks

Thanks just what I needed to know 👍

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I've just spent the last few days,, well a few hours each day going over the "Horse" I was given with a "Please fixit" attached. Having never worked on this type of machine before,, you guessed it. Found a loose wire running over the engine and down to that area. A green ground wire cut and hanging, so with all the different colored and spliced wiring, yep I did it, crimped an eyelet on the wire and promptly secured it to the frame. "Pop" goes the 20 amp fuse. I do have tools and 40 years of working on many various types of equipment, Guess I's a gettin a bit to smart fer me britches. I down load the wiring schematic, and look-er over. OK, one of the things I was going to do anyway was drop the carb and clean it. Yes the machine had a build date 12-09 so while I was in there I carefully remove what was left of the gaskets, both.and hand made replacements. I did the carb removal a bit differently, got the grinder lined up and made an axcess "notch" on that top lip of the frame. While carb was off, I filed down the sharp edges and found an old can of VHT gloss black and now looks like factory new. While carb was apart I saw the silinoid plunger. Someone had beat me to it, the rubber was gone and shaft was much shorter. Put it all back together and starts right away now. I won't bore ya'll with the 19 other items that got my attention but think the battery is on shakey ground too. I charget it ALL the way up, drive it around a bit 10-15 mins. Then next day it gets 1/2 a turn over then not enough umpff to spin the engine over.. Back to the charger, and 5-10 mins later we good and going. I think if I can get that teenager to plug on the new 3amp trickle charger EVERY time, they might get through the rest of this season. One more issue, found some gas leaking on to the floor a couple days then I got a fuel shut off valve for between the gas tank and carb. It looks like fuel is slowly running out of the what ever that contraption is that sits above the muffler,,, yeah,,,, I know,,, It seems to do much better with that added shut off valve while sitting. No more leaking over night. I'll save the other 18 issues for next time. Happy trails Dennis

Excellent video! Very helpful!

thats my problem gonna solve it tomorrow thx boss

Awesome!!! Going to give it a try

That’s is exactly what my mower is doing. I’m going to try this

Heck ya thank you

Thank you for this video!!! Your awesome!

Very good. This may be my problem exactly. I’ll see tomorrow.

Easy fix there mr Raley. Those seem to fail alot on rider engines. You gave the best advice when you said idle the engine down before shutting it off.👍🇺🇸 Roger

Thanks this helps me out alot. Got the same exact mower I'm trying to fix for a buddy.

Quick easy fix. I do. It all the time. Thanks for sharing that quick easy fix brother 🔧👍

Useful video

Definitely helped out.

I will try that loved the video sir.

Helped alot

Thanks T-Bone on the solenoid switch on bottom of float bowl im going to do the same to my kohler thank you.

Thanks for sharing 👍🏿

Thank you that was perfect I do understandYou’ve been a lot of help

My 12 year old kohler engine did the same thing yesterday. My carberator was a little different but I did what you said today and it started right up. Thank you so do much.

I suspect this was the problem with my 19 horse Troy-Bilt, when I tried to move it out of a storage shed. It had fuel to the carb, and fired when I squirted starter fluid. I didn't bother screwing around with it; I popped a beer and brought up Amazon on my laptop. For $20.99, I bought a kit on sale that included a complete carburetor and the three associated gaskets, an air filter, a pre-filter sponge, a fuel filter, a spark plug, and even a valve cover gasket. I have Amazon Prime, and the package got tossed over my fence early the next afternoon. Since I was replacing all three gaskets anyway, I removed the bolt holding the spacer and ground wire, and twisted the old carb up until the solenoid cleared the bracket. Took me about twenty minutes to install the new one and put everything back together, and it fired right up. Of course, there have been times in my life when I wouldn't have had $20.99 to throw at a problem... in which case, a video like this would've come in right handy.

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks Raileys

I can see your channel really getting big. Just keep putting quality, informative content OUT LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE AND DO. VERY PROFESSIONAL. THANKS

Thanks for the heads-up I was about to Call the local Troy Built parts distributor for a whole new carburetor My mower is during the same it’s a 19.5 hp Kohler engine just like the one you In your demonstrated.

Now that was quick! I would have never known!!

Your so right what brainiac thought that bolt weirdness was good idea. I like your straight forward no bull common sense approach cause that ain't common these days.

V😅ery good videos sr 😊thanks a lot

Thanks for the video! Time to see if that's what's wrong with my mower!

Thank you! If I'd seen this a couple of weeks ago I'd have saved quite a bit of $$ and time. BUT...a person can get a whole new carb with new solenoid off of Amazon for $16 to $20. *That's* a pretty cheap fix, easy remove and replace, and retain the anti-backfire. (I completely agree about the stupid design for the one carb bolt.)

great

grasias amigo, this video it helped me a lot

GOOD JOB

very good video

Sweet

Mr. Raley i have that exact mower and have been screwing with it for 4 days trying to figure this out,saw your video and did exactly what you did in the dark with a flashlight and she came to life.i felt so stupid i didnt think to do that,thank you sir this helped me out so much.awesome fix

I like videos from someone who really knows what they're doing unlike myself. Lol. Take care and thanks again. Keep em coming and I'll keep watching

Pulled k engine and installed a v b/s rebuilt engine Runs great now

Right on , might be due for a valve adjustment too

I jave dine the same Tin in the past,and will do IT again too

I was fixing a freebie courage engine and that gasket was ripped that holds the stud in. I fought trying to get that carb recounted for over an hour but I finally got it haha

Great video my friend! Just snip it and send it…

Nice

If you add an in-line fuel cut off valve you would idle engine down then close valve. Engine would run until small amount of fuel is used up. No back fires.

Hmm same damn problem. I’ll go try it

I've got to try this when i get back home it may be my problem also

I’m having same thing happening with my grand fathers 2011 Husqvarna with the Kohler courage it cranks fine and if i pull the air filter and spray something into intake it starts . i’m going to check and do the same trick you did . Thanks

How's she goin'? Now that's the way to fix this issue if you don't want the solenoid. Sometimes I think those anti-backfire solenoids are more bother than they're worth!!! Thanks for sharing and take care!!!

Thanks for the info. I did what you said. My question is does the ground have to he disconnected for the mower to start because mine does not start after doing this fix

Yea I got the same problem on this Troy bilt I got free

I have found that just removing the solenoid then the carb will slide right off

My solenoid fried while mowing and started smoking/smoldering. I did this trick. But you need to have a fuel shut off valve installed. It will eventually allow fuel to fill the crankcase on some models of engines. Also acknowledged by me this weekend. If you put a fuel cut off upstream of your fuel filter. Your cut off valve becomes your first filtration device and can clog your fuel flow even when the valve is open.

I have a YT300 Craftsman with the same Kohler twin cam and same problem..won't start. ..lile not enough fuel. Solenoid seems to be working but was really really plugged. I think I'll just cut it since I install a fuel shut off . I'll let you know if bbn it works

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how do you keep that stud on the right side of the carburetor from pushing in when you try to line up the breather. mine keeps pushing in.

Mine sounds the same starting but the solenoid looks brand new. I did notice when I tap the solenoid it almost starts to crank. I looked up replacement “solenoid” for my model but nothing looks similar to what’s on my mower.

well, heck yeah Daddy Rabbit that sure took care of that problem.... uuuummm yo carb work bench is on fire... FYI

How to check mine out if it fix it

Can you help? I have a lawn tractor with the Courage 15 engine. I started it this year and it blew smoke. Figured it might be the solenoid, so I replaced the carb and serviced it (including a new plug and checked gap and spark) - also added a fuel cut off. Now it will only start with some carb cleaner sprayed into the inlet. I tried removing the plunger from the solenoid in the old carb to rule out the wiring to the solenoid. But it's still the same. It seems to run well when it's started, but I could sit on the starter all day and it won't fire. Any ideas?

So this is what Ron White has been up to.

My Husqvarna has this same engine and problem, except I can get to the solenoid without taking off a bracket. Starts up with brake cleaner in the carb, new spark plug, trickle charged battery, oil changed + filter, fuel drained and replaced. Im hoping it's just this issue. Thanks, you really helped me narrow it down.

You might want to integrate a fuel shut off valve now...

So mine won’t click or turn over but let’s say I go cables to starter and ground it turns over and fires up if I spray some break fluid but won’t stay on

I took my fuel cell annoyed off, and the plunger was working up and down, but it still be bad. Should I still cut it off? Thank you.

How do you replace the gasket that holds the intake bolt in place?

Might try it. How much does a new solenoid cost though?