how to make a push button start on your rideing lawn mower.
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2019
- sorry for me not posting but I didn't have anything to post:( I shode be posting regularly again tho with more variety of videos.
this was a simple wiring setup for a mud mower or rock crawler mower that is pretty cheap. the kill switch doesn't have to be for high voltage or anything, 5 or even 2 amp shode be fine, but the button start must be at least 30 amps or so, I used a 40 amp button and have hade no problems. 
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Great video!
Thanks for the visit
good job
Thank you! Cheers!
I have similar probs with a 20 year old Hustler mower. Starter solenoid isnt getting enough current from the old wiring, so Im just going to wire a momentary push button direct, battery to solenoid.
Yea that will work, unless its just your starter or starter solenoid geting old. But definitely worth a shot. I really need to make an update to this video as its not very good. Thats for watching tho
@@droptheblades895 I've been fighting this issue on and off for years, even buying a genuine Honda solenoid ( it's the kind directly on the starter, like an automotive) to rule that out.
I finished the button mod and the mower starts better than it had in years! Turns out, it was the starter switch, which has a significant voltage drop in the crank position, preventing enough current to the solenoid. My push button bypassed it, taking power directly from the battery with little to no V. Drop.
The wife was wanting us to buy a new mower, but this one is only 20 years old and the engine, once started of course, runs as good as it did new!
Thanks again!
Sounds great man, yea thats one of the things i was thinking of to tell you. And those old honda motors run so well with tons of hours on them. I mean iv worked at honda as a outdoor power equipment tec for allmost 2 years and iv seen some with like 5k hours!
@droptheblades895 yes, this one has been a beast TBH. I wish I had installed an hour meter when it was new, but I didn't.
Finally got around to putting one on in 2016 and it's currently at 215 hrs.
So going by that avg of ~30 hrs / year, it has about 600 on it now.
Runs as good, or better, than new!
This is really helpful, I might be doing this to my cub cadet for mudding since the original wiring is cut. Also the one wire on the toggle switch, it goes to the coil right?
Thanks for watching. Yep, the togel swich has a wire to the coil and the other side just go's to ground. And the button has a wire from the positive and then the other wire go's to the trigger termanil on the starter solenoid. If the solenoid has 2 triger termanils the unused one just go's to ground (i dont think it matters wotch way around). I realy need to update this video as its not very clear and is missing some stuff. If you want me to say about chargeing i can keep typing
Where did you get the yellow wire
It was on the mower originally going from the key switch, my switch was broken so I replaced it with a button. This video was on a 3 post Solanoid (2 main and one activater post) a 4 post Solanoid will just have an extra activated post which you will need to add a ground wire. Thanks for watching