Restoring a 70s Craftsman G18 lawn tractor that had some components missing including solenoid and key switch. Your video helped tremendously. Thanks for taking the time.
Yep I go them same issues you and I find answers in what others may throw away I did enjoy the video on the wireing of a button start been looking in to something like this for a while finally something I can relate to Not all jumbled up in to some kind of stew Thank you for SHAREING to hard to find some down home folks like you nice job
Thanks! That was the best explanation I have seen. Rather than ask why my solenoid has 2 terminals and three wires I'll just buy a 1 terminal device. Same with the extra #14 red coming off the battery. If it ain't in your video it gets chopped.
F*** yes thank you so much brother. I watch video after video of people talking about nothing relevant to what the video is supposed to be about. Get frustrated so I don't listen therefore don't learn a damn thing. Now I'm super pissed. Your video got to the point taught me what I needed to know to fix my problem and I thank you, my tools that are in my neighbors ditch across the streets thank you!! Keep em coming and It's like to be able to send you my quotations personally and never listen to another f****** yapper again. ✌️
Man this Is hands down the BEST how to video I've ever watched. I was bitchin about all the different videos on here and why can't someone make a video that's short and to the point but very descriptive and detailed. You know not spend 3 minutes talking about the fucking key and leave me wondering what tf the coil is and where it's at .... Thank You Sir. I will definitely subscribe like and share.
OMG THANK YOU MAN. I sub'd because you made this explanation incredibly easy to understand. I would love if you could make a video of how to use a rocker (on/off) instead of a momentary. Unless it's just a matter of swapping the switch.
Yeah dropped the deck for the blades because I use my push mower as a cheap tractor, but I needed to bypass the kill switches on the mower. Thanks for the help!
I did this wiring for my older 70's Cub Cadet and it worked for me no safety switches I would like to see if there's a way to keep the battery charged with out hooking up a battery charger
If i wire the kill switch with a lit up toggle do i connect it to a ground or neg battery terminal. I have it hooked up to power on battery and a freshly made ground as well as wire that comes from the spark plug and idk if switch is bad or hooked up wrong. The light sorta comes and goes. Is my switch bad or non compatible
Liked the video. with the 2 wires coming off alternator. The one for the lights, can i connect this to the battery side of the solenoid? not running lights and only when i do this will the solenoid activate. Thanks! Billy
I bought this to use as my ignition switch on a 1963 Bolens 800 riding mower ruclips.net/user/postUgkxaAnMgzTZ_djF6K1Kr3MGiW_XGUMfUP8n I repowered with a 13hp Predator engine. Worked great! On the back of this switch are 5 terminals labeled G, M, L, S, and B. The G was wired straight to ground, The S was wired from the back of the switch to my starter solenoid. The L is for any accessories, so I ran it from the L terminal to a rear light I have on the riding mower. M is for the coil, so I plugged the stock coil wire to this wire terminal. The B is for constant battery power, so this was wired to the positive battery cable. I turn the key, first click is the accessory position, and my rear light came on as expected. Turned the key all the way and Vroom...the engine started. Turn it back to the off position, and the engine turned off. Perfect! Hope this helps!
Hey there, great video. Could you please help me out, I'm stuck on this wiring thing lol. My mower is a yard machine with a 20hp tecumseh motor. Now I have a red coming from the carbs. The green goes to the coils so I get where to wire the green. Not sure about the red. And from the motor I have a red and a yellow wire. So I take it the red goes to the solenoid but I'm stumped on where the yellow wire goes. On the schematic the yellow is magneto, red is to regulator. Please help me out. I juat need to know where the red from the carbs and yellow from the motor goes. Thanks a million.
I brought my Husqvarna tractor last June where it is rigged that I have to turn on the light switch first then turn the key and it cranks that way. I also got a side choke knob to push and pull and the lever that has a choke option at the top follow by the fast(rabbit) and slow(turtle). The big advantage is when I have to step off my tractor to pick up trash and big stick in the yard the motor still running and I learn how to work the brake(push it all the way forward to lock) to stop the tractor. Before that, when I shift the tractor to neutral it move slightly forward until I'm back behind the wheel. Disadvantage is when I turn the key to off and turn off the light switch the tractor will pop (or backfire) after it's at a complete stop. Do I need to use both chokes when starting the tractor?
Yep I got a type of conundrum but I don't want to start cutting wires and that type of conversation I want to use the existing system to plug switches in and I don't know the wire codeing my machine in question is an arians and it has a 7pin ignition switch and that alone is confusing don't understand how all that goes together with out a mushroom cloud over my back yard any idea would help or a web site to get some details on the wire diagram and or were stuff should go Thank you in advance
So how do you do this wiring job on a 21hp v twin briggs Intek? It has the 2 wires coming off the bottom of the carb... I can't figure it out. ... help...
The one on the bottom of the carb is just the fuel solenoid. Unscrew it, pull the plunger all the way extended, cut the rod holding the plunger, reinstall solenoid, ditch the wire running to it... It's not needed. The solenoid closes when key is off to keep gas out of the carb. FYI that's what the float pin does inside the bowl. The solenoid is truly not needed
I recently Converted my Riding lawnmower to Toggle Kill Switch and Push Button Start ( Thanks to your video) Now, i wanna put a Amp Gauge on my Riding Lawnmower, please tell me how to hook up the Gauge. Thanks.
Went home and done it over now I know why my mower was starting and that is because I had the kill switch wired to the starter watching the video made me feel stupid the rest of the day until I watched this and got it fix
Can you help me with I want wire up a battery charging system on my riding can you help? It would help so much if you post a video on to do that so I can do it to mine
There are 2 wires coming from the alternator under the flywheel. One has a diode. This one goes to the battery side of the solenoid to charge your battery. The other one goes to lights
Your video is the best lawnmower wiring video I have seen. You get straight to the point and made it easy to understand. Time to go rewire my go kart lawn tractor.
Inspired life way, I was wondering the same thing, I've run the other pole wire it comes from alt charging wire. Don't know if it makes a difference or not.
@@lonniesmith6701 I actually grounded the other pole at first, and it did work. But I changed a few things including connecting the gas control valve to the red cable and then exchanging it for a bolt since it was glitchy, which was not on this video, and also decided to get a one-pole solenoid at auto-zone, everything works awesome now.
Inspired life way, I think I'm going with the single pole solenoid also, finished custom wiring, hit the button nothing, single pole does make a difference.
I tried this on my Briggs 20Hp V-Twin, when I hooked up the battery cable to Battery, engine turns over and starts, toggle switch does not kill motor either. Does this mean my Push Button is bad? What did I do wrong?
I Took Ground Wire from Toggle Switch Straight to Negative Terminal On The Battery, A++++++++ WORKS BEAUTIFUL, THANKS Mickey, You Know Your SHIT !!!!!, Anyone got a problem, He is the MAN WITH THE PLAN !!!!
Heres a problem. I gutted the wire harness and rewired omitting safety switch. Have three pole solinoid. I have check everything several times. When i power the 12v to trip the solinoid to engagé the starter there is only a klicking. Two good batterie. I even connected them in parallel. Still not working. Maybe battery cables? They where also checked voltage threw positive at 13v.. I tride with push button and switch. Still same problem. I can jump the hot terminals on solinoid and starter spins the motor. Tip. You can reuse your key by poking a pointed object in the side grove in the plug. Then rewire and insert the correct wire back into the plug and plug back onto your key.
it would prevent gas from entering the carb. when electricity is sent to it, it retracts a plunger that allows gas to flow. when you turn the key off, taking away the electricity, the plunger extends and blocks incoming gas. you can remove it, take a pair of cutters, and simply cut the plunger off as low as you can, screw it back in.... and then you wouldn't need it plugged in to the wiring harness
hey man, I've done this but my solenoid has 4 connections not 3. I have my button connected to 12v and the other end to the solenoid. but no luck? the problem is I can't figure out what pole on the solenoid to attach my button to none of them work! am I missing something?
I dont have a single prong solenoid. mine has the 2 bolts, and then 2 prongs, I can not for the life of me get it to jump without running a wire from one bolt to another. when I do that, it's burning up anything from a 16-10 gauge wire. any advise would be greatly appreciated
+Mickee 78681 ok so then the other I'd use for the push button correct? Just wanting to double checks. 2 weeks of working on it every day and I'd almost scrap it if my cousin wasn't buying it
Carb is not connected to kill wire. I don't use a fuel solenoid. I use an adjustable jet in the bottom of the bowl, To add a fuel solenoid you can put it on it's own circuit (separate toggle switch ... battery to toggle, out of toggle to solenoid, out of solenoid to ground).
What I meant was,, if I lead two wires from solenoid to a push button do I need a fuse between them just like I can use a screwdriver on solenoid to start engine.
Wait, so how is it "silinoid"? I had to spell it wrong just to convey his pronunciation. Also he said solenoid right after he stressed it was "silinoid"
Hi.. hey I bypass all my switchs...but it won't run...... you know that gear on the starter....it's spinning but it won't come up to the flywheel....help... please... anyone
The problem is with your starter. Check to see you have it mounted properly. Tap on the starter a few times with a mallet to see if you can get it moving again. It may be rusted and frozen. At worst, you may need to rebuild the starter, if you want to tackle doing that, or just buy a new starter. For a mower, they will run about $40 bucks or so. Some mower junk yards may have a starter that works well which you can get much cheaper. Good luck with your repair project.
Mickee 78681 how do you wire from factory switch, and what are the letters on the back side of the ignition i know some like B for batt not sure of the rest.... Please help
Your the first one to tell me what wire charges the battery on that very exact motor. And you didn't even know I was surching for the answer
Restoring a 70s Craftsman G18 lawn tractor that had some components missing including solenoid and key switch. Your video helped tremendously. Thanks for taking the time.
Finally! Something real and explanatory! Thank you my brother!
That is the EASIEST explanation for this I have heard. Thank you...
Hi y76
Heard way easier explanations than this one… personally wasn’t impressed
@@macysondheim WISH I could find it LOL
I really appreciate you putting this video up, it's saved me a lot of work. Cheers
Man I've watched a ton of these wiring videos and NO ONE explains it as well and simplified as you do.
Thank you for that and keep it up 👊🏼
Thank you for the simoke explanation. This helped me wire this setup to my outboard.
Dude I have been workin on this kind of shit at the house and you just helped me tremendously
At last a clear video on this! Thank you very much!👍
Yep I go them same issues you and I find answers in what others may throw away
I did enjoy the video on the wireing of a button start been looking in to something like this for a while finally something I can relate to
Not all jumbled up in to some kind of stew
Thank you for SHAREING to hard to find some down home folks like you nice job
Thanks! That was the best explanation I have seen. Rather than ask why my solenoid has 2 terminals and three wires I'll just buy a 1 terminal device. Same with the extra #14 red coming off the battery. If it ain't in your video it gets chopped.
This is exactly what i was looking for!
New motor on an ancient lesco walk behind that was pull start, now i can finally get mowin!
Thanks man!!
your a dushebag
I am so gratful for this video, i hope it gets my mower going🤞🏿🤞🏿
I have the same lawn mower! haha I am going to need to make some of the same changes you did. right now I just touch the positive lead to the starter.
Thank you for making this video it helped me and my dad so much
F*** yes thank you so much brother. I watch video after video of people talking about nothing relevant to what the video is supposed to be about. Get frustrated so I don't listen therefore don't learn a damn thing. Now I'm super pissed. Your video got to the point taught me what I needed to know to fix my problem and I thank you, my tools that are in my neighbors ditch across the streets thank you!! Keep em coming and It's like to be able to send you my quotations personally and never listen to another f****** yapper again. ✌️
Man this Is hands down the BEST how to video I've ever watched. I was bitchin about all the different videos on here and why can't someone make a video that's short and to the point but very descriptive and detailed. You know not spend 3 minutes talking about the fucking key and leave me wondering what tf the coil is and where it's at .... Thank You Sir. I will definitely subscribe like and share.
I'm about to do this to my 1971 john deere 112. Very good video bud
OMG THANK YOU MAN. I sub'd because you made this explanation incredibly easy to understand. I would love if you could make a video of how to use a rocker (on/off) instead of a momentary. Unless it's just a matter of swapping the switch.
thanks. finally a video that explains the kill switch too.
U suck
Great, your explanation made it so simple, what I thought was going into be nightmare. THANKS
You're welcome man. I love this kind of wiring set up... no safety switches. Lol
An American how to video that gets straight to the point, great to see and was explained perfectly , thanks mate!
Yeah dropped the deck for the blades because I use my push mower as a cheap tractor, but I needed to bypass the kill switches on the mower. Thanks for the help!
Thanks for the video man! You saved me a hell of alot of headaches
Holy fuck you explained everything ive been trying to figure out 😂
Best explanation so far ive watched
Thanks man. Good stuff.
Very well done ..You helped me out of a jam.. Thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many videos out there and not one is short with perfect explanation easy to follow you thanks man 100%!!!👍🏻👍🏻
I ran my push start straight to the starter on positive and mag. Is that ok ?
thanks for info works great
What about if you have a double pole solenoid can you hook up a push starting to that and use the key to turn it off
You were amazing. One of the Best 👌.
Went to hit like, had already hit like and subbed so I here's the comment of appreciation, I'll edit tomorrow after I get my old mans ride on going.
Great video wild man
This helps me alot . Thank you !
Man this helped so much all the other vids are all crap you made it so simple
absolutely awesome just what i was after easy and understandable your a God
Thanks, the way I like to hear it... Right on BROTHER
Will this work on a old Honda three wheeler ? I get tired of pulling the pull start its hurting my arm.
Great video. Thanks for uploading and sharing your knowledge with the world.
I did this wiring for my older 70's Cub Cadet and it worked for me no safety switches I would like to see if there's a way to keep the battery charged with out hooking up a battery charger
If i wire the kill switch with a lit up toggle do i connect it to a ground or neg battery terminal. I have it hooked up to power on battery and a freshly made ground as well as wire that comes from the spark plug and idk if switch is bad or hooked up wrong. The light sorta comes and goes. Is my switch bad or non compatible
Liked the video. with the 2 wires coming off alternator. The one for the lights, can i connect this to the battery side of the solenoid? not running lights and only when i do this will the solenoid activate. Thanks! Billy
Great video best one I seen.
Good video brother
I bought this to use as my ignition switch on a 1963 Bolens 800 riding mower ruclips.net/user/postUgkxaAnMgzTZ_djF6K1Kr3MGiW_XGUMfUP8n I repowered with a 13hp Predator engine. Worked great! On the back of this switch are 5 terminals labeled G, M, L, S, and B. The G was wired straight to ground, The S was wired from the back of the switch to my starter solenoid. The L is for any accessories, so I ran it from the L terminal to a rear light I have on the riding mower. M is for the coil, so I plugged the stock coil wire to this wire terminal. The B is for constant battery power, so this was wired to the positive battery cable. I turn the key, first click is the accessory position, and my rear light came on as expected. Turned the key all the way and Vroom...the engine started. Turn it back to the off position, and the engine turned off. Perfect! Hope this helps!
Hey there, great video. Could you please help me out, I'm stuck on this wiring thing lol. My mower is a yard machine with a 20hp tecumseh motor. Now I have a red coming from the carbs. The green goes to the coils so I get where to wire the green. Not sure about the red. And from the motor I have a red and a yellow wire. So I take it the red goes to the solenoid but I'm stumped on where the yellow wire goes. On the schematic the yellow is magneto, red is to regulator. Please help me out. I juat need to know where the red from the carbs and yellow from the motor goes. Thanks a million.
What if the solenoid has two prongs? Do you only use the one and leave the other one open?
Might have to ground it to the frame of solinoid with a wire and other post is trigger wire for starter
Thanks for the video to rewire
I brought my Husqvarna tractor last June where it is rigged that I have to turn on the light switch first then turn the key and it cranks that way. I also got a side choke knob to push and pull and the lever that has a choke option at the top follow by the fast(rabbit) and slow(turtle). The big advantage is when I have to step off my tractor to pick up trash and big stick in the yard the motor still running and I learn how to work the brake(push it all the way forward to lock) to stop the tractor. Before that, when I shift the tractor to neutral it move slightly forward until I'm back behind the wheel. Disadvantage is when I turn the key to off and turn off the light switch the tractor will pop (or backfire) after it's at a complete stop. Do I need to use both chokes when starting the tractor?
Yep I got a type of conundrum but I don't want to start cutting wires and that type of conversation I want to use the existing system to plug switches in and I don't know the wire codeing my machine in question is an arians and it has a 7pin ignition switch and that alone is confusing don't understand how all that goes together with out a mushroom cloud over my back yard any idea would help or a web site to get some details on the wire diagram and or were stuff should go
Thank you in advance
So how do you do this wiring job on a 21hp v twin briggs Intek? It has the 2 wires coming off the bottom of the carb... I can't figure it out. ... help...
The one on the bottom of the carb is just the fuel solenoid. Unscrew it, pull the plunger all the way extended, cut the rod holding the plunger, reinstall solenoid, ditch the wire running to it... It's not needed. The solenoid closes when key is off to keep gas out of the carb. FYI that's what the float pin does inside the bowl. The solenoid is truly not needed
Cool....what sbout the wire from my points?....one wire ffom points is grounded...but where the other wire go from the points?... thanks
Good job, Thank you
About a dozen and they're all are different everyone's got a different way I like to know the easy way
Well great video any chance you have a video of wiring lights on a mower cheers
I have no pole on my solenoid what should I do with kill wire
Mean vid mate
Genius thank you
Thank you very much
That was awesome
thank u very good
What if i don't want the lights? Diode still need to run back to battery side?
shobney yes. that charges your battery
thank that was good to see
I recently Converted my Riding lawnmower to Toggle Kill Switch and Push Button Start ( Thanks to your video) Now, i wanna put a Amp Gauge on my Riding Lawnmower, please tell me how to hook up the Gauge. Thanks.
You are awesome that helped me a lot
glad I could help bud
Went home and done it over now I know why my mower was starting and that is because I had the kill switch wired to the starter watching the video made me feel stupid the rest of the day until I watched this and got it fix
Can you help me with I want wire up a battery charging system on my riding can you help? It would help so much if you post a video on to do that so I can do it to mine
There are 2 wires coming from the alternator under the flywheel. One has a diode. This one goes to the battery side of the solenoid to charge your battery. The other one goes to lights
Thank you
what about a solenoid that have four prongs how do you wire them up to a vtwin
str8kustomz ... one of the small prongs goes straight to a ground on the frame
What's up today Mic.
Your video is the best lawnmower wiring video I have seen. You get straight to the point and made it easy to understand. Time to go rewire my go kart lawn tractor.
Thank you for the video. I have a dual pole solenoid, can it work, or I need to change it?
Inspired life way, I was wondering the same thing, I've run the other pole wire it comes from alt charging wire. Don't know if it makes a difference or not.
@@lonniesmith6701 I actually grounded the other pole at first, and it did work. But I changed a few things including connecting the gas control valve to the red cable and then exchanging it for a bolt since it was glitchy, which was not on this video, and also decided to get a one-pole solenoid at auto-zone, everything works awesome now.
Inspired life way, I think I'm going with the single pole solenoid also, finished custom wiring, hit the button nothing, single pole does make a difference.
I did got my tractor to work with the original dual Pole when grounding one side, but it is more convenient with a single pole
How to run a toggle switch to the PTO clutch electric pto
DIY,,,,do I need fuse between pouch button and solenoid
no. fuse goes on return circuit back to battery
What if i have a 4 post solenoid?
Did it no key awsome.
I tried this on my Briggs 20Hp V-Twin, when I hooked up the battery cable to Battery, engine turns over and starts, toggle switch does not kill motor either. Does this mean my Push Button is bad? What did I do wrong?
Walt Robinson nope. Means your toggle is not grounded properly
I Took Ground Wire from Toggle Switch Straight to Negative Terminal On The Battery, A++++++++ WORKS BEAUTIFUL, THANKS Mickey, You Know Your SHIT !!!!!, Anyone got a problem, He is the MAN WITH THE PLAN !!!!
I need to save this Murray mower i have by doing this......I need colored wire from harbor china.......where to get a momentary push button? Lowes?
I always get my push buttons from the auto parts store right down the street. The ones they have are $10 and weather proof
I installed a push botton on my tractor it starts good but it sparks when I try to hookup the charging wire to the switch what am I doing wrong.
Charging wire goes to the battery, positive side with an inline fuse
Only works if bush button is held in. Anyone know why?
Heres a problem. I gutted the wire harness and rewired omitting safety switch. Have three pole solinoid. I have check everything several times. When i power the 12v to trip the solinoid to engagé the starter there is only a klicking. Two good batterie. I even connected them in parallel. Still not working. Maybe battery cables? They where also checked voltage threw positive at 13v.. I tride with push button and switch. Still same problem. I can jump the hot terminals on solinoid and starter spins the motor. Tip. You can reuse your key by poking a pointed object in the side grove in the plug. Then rewire and insert the correct wire back into the plug and plug back onto your key.
is this going to work if I have a fuel solenoid? can I just ignore the fuel solenoid or do I need to find a way to remove it
personally, I remove the fuel solenoid from the carb and replace with a bolt. damn things are only irritating at best
if you want to leave it in, then just run another circuit to a separate toggle switch
what would happen if I just unplugged it?
it would prevent gas from entering the carb. when electricity is sent to it, it retracts a plunger that allows gas to flow. when you turn the key off, taking away the electricity, the plunger extends and blocks incoming gas. you can remove it, take a pair of cutters, and simply cut the plunger off as low as you can, screw it back in.... and then you wouldn't need it plugged in to the wiring harness
hey man, I've done this but my solenoid has 4 connections not 3. I have my button connected to 12v and the other end to the solenoid. but no luck? the problem is I can't figure out what pole on the solenoid to attach my button to none of them work! am I missing something?
what gauge wire did you use for push button start?
oyo collins It's 14 if I remember correctly
+oyo collins I don't know why, but I just saw this. I use 16ga wire for everything except battery leads.
Mickee 7868
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he explaines everthing so clearly
Thank you.
Your welcome
Mine are all 4 post prong whatever you'd like to call it
What gauge wire are you using?
14ga
No fuses ?
Where would wire GO TO charge battery
I dont have a single prong solenoid. mine has the 2 bolts, and then 2 prongs, I can not for the life of me get it to jump without running a wire from one bolt to another. when I do that, it's burning up anything from a 16-10 gauge wire. any advise would be greatly appreciated
one of the lower prongs goes to ground
+Mickee 78681 ok so then the other I'd use for the push button correct? Just wanting to double checks. 2 weeks of working on it every day and I'd almost scrap it if my cousin wasn't buying it
+Tyler Titsworth correct.
+Mickee 78681 thank you. I'll get it a shot when I get home
Tyler Titsworth
how did you get over the card wire
I'm not sure I understand yer question bud. Card wire?
Your carburetor wire that is also connected to the kill wire
Carb is not connected to kill wire. I don't use a fuel solenoid. I use an adjustable jet in the bottom of the bowl, To add a fuel solenoid you can put it on it's own circuit (separate toggle switch ... battery to toggle, out of toggle to solenoid, out of solenoid to ground).
What I meant was,, if I lead two wires from solenoid to a push button do I need a fuse between them just like I can use a screwdriver on solenoid to start engine.
frank rumble
What about two post salanoe
What if we're not running heaslights
Wait, so how is it "silinoid"? I had to spell it wrong just to convey his pronunciation. Also he said solenoid right after he stressed it was "silinoid"
I bet if someone gave you a crisp $100 bill to shop an Auto Zone...I bet you would go.
Can you use 16 gauge wire?
I imagine so. I use 16ga when running Motorcycle accessories and that's constant draw from the battery. Should be fine
Wrench and Rides ok thx
You are amazing... come over, drink beer!
Im dizzy and will try to watch later
666 subscribers??? Huh we might have to change that.
Hi.. hey I bypass all my switchs...but it won't run...... you know that gear on the starter....it's spinning but it won't come up to the flywheel....help... please... anyone
The problem is with your starter. Check to see you have it mounted properly. Tap on the starter a few times with a mallet to see if you can get it moving again. It may be rusted and frozen. At worst, you may need to rebuild the starter, if you want to tackle doing that, or just buy a new starter. For a mower, they will run about $40 bucks or so. Some mower junk yards may have a starter that works well which you can get much cheaper. Good luck with your repair project.
Might not be lined up right with teeth. Take off cover and line it up. See if it goes then
how wiring start butom to selenoide
That's what 50% of this video is bud.
Mickee 78681 how do you wire from factory switch, and what are the letters on the back side of the ignition i know some like B for batt not sure of the rest.... Please help