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out of ideas, giving up! 200 1983

posted by  someone claiming to be jiffy on  Wed Nov 2 07:01 CST 2005 [RELATED]

This was something that a lawnmower mechanic told me about trying to fix my riding mower that did the same thing, so here goes; he said that many times the coil would heat up after whatever amount of time and expand enough to not be working any more and then the motor would shut off. A little while later you could start the engine again and it would run fine until about the same amount of time and then it would just die again. If you have a spare car or a friends car it would be a very easy test swap to do.

Did you try jumping the fuel pump relay? Look in the 700/900 FAQS in the won't run start section for additional help. The relay could heat up just enough so the contacts don't contact any more. The jump is really easy to do. Go get test leads at auto store for around $1.50 and jump the fuses. Do a search to find the right ones as I forget which one is the fuel pump relay.

Good Luck






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