Basic Checks - Tecumseh ECV100 - 120 Technician's Handbook

BASIC CHECKS

Before going into extensive checks, be sure to perform the more basic checks first, such as:
1. Battery defective or not charged.
2. Corroded or loose terminals and connections, or wrong connections.
3. Cracked insulation or broken wires.
4. A wire "grounding out" in the system.
5. Defective switch.
6. Operator presence system functioning properly.*
*NOTE: ALL LAWN AND GARDEN TRACTORS BUILT AFTER JULY OF 1987 ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE AN OPERATOR
PRESENCE SYSTEM AND MANY CAME EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A SYSTEM PRIOR TO THIS DATE. IF THE TRACTOR
IS "CUTTING OUT" OR WILL NOT START, THIS IS AN AREA THAT SHOULD BE CHECKED OUT.
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