1420 Cub Cadet Problem

Ok i been try to get the old Cadet runnin. I put gas in the carb she fired right up. So i took the tank off to clean it and now i have no electrical at all. Every once in awhile i turn it over and it clicks but it doesnt click everytime its turned over. Its not the battery. Could it be the solenoid?

If the problem comes and goes, I would be looking for a loose or corroded connection somewhere in the wiring. I was working on one yesterday,, the connections were so rusty that they weren't making contact....took them apart and cleaned them up.....and away she goes.

If you get a click try taking a screwdriver and jumping power across the solenoid.

Ooops just reread this thing and saw that you had it running and that wasnt the problem

about 90% of electrical problems is a bad connection(s)

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You say you turn it over and it clicks??? what do you mean when you turn the key it just clicks?? or when it is turning over it sometimes starts ! If it just clicks sounds like poncho 62 is right dirty/bad connections clean all on switch and solenoid and make sure all grounds are clean!

most the time it dont even click its like theres not a battery

certainly sounds like bad connections

Sounds like my cub. had to jump it accross the solenoid to start it all winter then I crawled under it and put the wire back on the safety switch. Sometimes it would work and when it wouldnt I could stomp my foot and it would start till the wire finally fell off.

JD wrote:

Sounds like my cub. had to jump it accross the solenoid to start it all winter then I crawled under it and put the wire back on the safety switch. Sometimes it would work and when it wouldnt I could stomp my foot and it would start till the wire finally fell off.

so wat are u sayin wat wrong wit mine lol

JD wrote:

some help lol

About as good as my help gets. I can feed you a line of BS if you want. Ok, when you took the tank off and dumped the gas out you might have spilled to many electrodes this in turn will cause a no start problem. You need to get about 10 or 12 9 volt batteries and put them in your moms blender, take the juice from the 9 volt batteries and pour it in the gas tank and it should start right up. If it doesnt start you may have to repete everything I just told you up to 5 more times then it's a sure thing.
I recomend using Duracell. You can get up to a 45 horse gain with them. Anymore problems let me know, I'll help all I can.

you need to be real careful with duracell's the copper top is disimiliar metal and reacts with the dufilator valve in bad ways !!! you should have told him about that!!

tracktor312 wrote:

you need to be real careful with duracell's the copper top is disimiliar metal and reacts with the dufilator valve in bad ways !!! you should have told him about that!!

Knew I was forgetting something.