Any riding lawnmower tards out there? I turn the key and it clicks once, but will not start. battery is fully charged.

recheck your battery connection and less beer tomorrow morning. If still not working. it's basic stuff google it.

Yep. Tighten the bolts on your battery leads before you get drunk and mow the grass for the second time this week since you are unemployed. There is a loose connection

Yep. Tighten the bolts on your battery leads before you get drunk and mow the grass for the second time this week since you are unemployed. There is a loose connection

So replacing solenoid a pain in ass?

No, I just do not want to blow $50.00 if I can crank the damn thing with a screwdriver.

Haha just keep screwdriver under seat or in beverage holder!

I have a troy bilt mower. Battery fully charged. It will click once when I turn the key, but the engine will not turn over.

What the hell is wrong with it?

It works! Cheaper than blowing $50.00.

Well, at least I can say I have learned something...

Solenoids can be bypassed if they are bad.

Good info!

On some riding lawn-mowers

There are several safety-switch interlocks that will prevent the engine from starting.

There is a switch usually under the seat, so that when you are sitting on it the switch is engaged.

There is a switch on the clutch mechanism as well.

There may be additional switch on the blade-engage mechanism.

This is to prevent someone starting it without someone in the seat, the clutch depressed, and the blades disengaged.

If any of those switches goes bad the unit will not run.
.

I have a troy bilt mower. Battery fully charged. It will click once when I turn the key, but the engine will not turn over.

What the hell is wrong with it?

OMG, $8 at Advance Auto gets you a solenoid that works on that mower.

If not, $12 gets you a solenoid for a Ford from 1960-1984 (or newer) and you can make it fit ... well... or not.

Your fatness broke it

I always mow my grass drunk

I like unevenly mowed grass

If it is shot, the starter won't roll. The power goes through that first. If that's shot nothing gets through to crank the starter. To test it, get a screwdriver and turn the key to the run position. Touch both those posts with the nuts on them at the same time to allow the electricity to jump across the posts through the screwdriver. If the starter cranks, then your solenoid is shot, get a new one.

You can even start it that way if you can't repair it for some reason. Just let the power flow through the screwdriver until the engine starts up. Take the screwdriver off once it gets gojng.

Hit the starter rather hard several times with a hammer. Seriously. It often works. If it does work, means the solenoid is going bad and you will need a new one soon. The hammer trick only works for so long until the solenoid completely craps out.

cheap

And if that doesn't do it, a 5 cent piece of wire to bypass each nanny switch. Some nanny switches, all you have to do is unplug them.

i hope does not get electrified

Eh, 12v isn't too bad, unless you are soaking wet and well grounded at your nipple clamps. LOL!