Mower wiring.

[koda6966]

Some asshat ripped all the wiring out of my riding mower and stole my gas. Needless to say I need to rewire..

Do I have this right? I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a charging circuit.

STRTR is STARTER by the way. Couldn't fit it. The Start/On switches are standard toggle switches.. the keyed ignition hasn't functioned in quite some time.

Never wired one of these up, seems like a basic concept though.

 

[martin]

The motor on a riding mower should have a charging circuit and they vary depending on what motor it is. There are a few sites on the net that have the circuits on, I know because I had to search around when I changed the motor on mine and lost the diagrams that came with the motor on the way home.

 

[koda6966]

Hmmm.. that's probably the white wire coming out of the top of the engine going no where. Somebody hacked that off long ago.

 

[dieseldane]

Mower brand? Engine?

 

[koda6966]

It's an old Montgomery Ward with a Briggs and Stratton engine.

I found a basic wiring diagram online but it doesn't match the ignition switch. If I run the wires according to the ignition switches diagram, nothing works.

However, I did manage to somehow get the starter to spin backwards.

I'm switching batteries, I think something's up with this one. It's good that I have a spare.

The wiring diagram online is as follows..

_B_ _S_
_M_ _A_
_G_

However the one on the back of the switch is like this..
_A_ _G_
_S_ _B_
_M_

(A=Accessory, S=Starter, M=Magneto, B=Battery, G=Ground)

It doesn't work in either pattern. However if I mix them around, it turns the starter backwards.

Also, the mower has two different solenoids on it. One is a three post that has no wires going to it (assuming it's bad) the other is a four post. That shouldn't effect anything should it?

 

[koda6966]

Other battery fixed it, I should be all set!

 

[Snoranger]

However, I did manage to somehow get the starter to spin backwards.

Other battery fixed it, I should be all set!

Did you hook the 1st battery up backwards?

 

[koda6966]

No that was the first thing I checked haha.

Somehow it has reversed it's polarity.