I did research high and low to gather what you gave in one brilliant lesson. Thanks. This is a very good educational lesson on 7 terminal switches. Thank you for speaking plainly in layman's terms!

Awesome sets of videos. Has allowed me to avoid purchase of stator, voltage regulator, and key switch and track down charging issue to some faulty connections. Thanks for all the time and effort put into these step by step explanatory videos.

Thank you for sharing. My key switch was bad it was not charging my battery was not charging my mower. I changed it and it's changing like a charm. Thank you for showing me how. You are a blessing 🙏😇.

Thank you for taking the time to show this. Your explanation was really simple. The good news is my switch is good. Must be the solenoid.

Excellent Video ! ! Thank you showing how easy it was to check out the Key switch. Trying to remove the actual switch was the hardest thing to do. Good Program

Yea man awesome job on this thank youuu😊 I'll finally get to use my multimeter after 6 years

Thanks my friend. It's been one problem after another this season with my two Kubota zero turns I use for work. I was just getting ready to go home and put one away and nothing. I know the batteries good so I was thinking switch and this is going to be a big help. Thanks again.

I just subscribed,,, been looking everywhere on how to test this particular switch,,, thanks for the info,,, this was a big help... 👍👍👍

Thank you for making this video, it helps to know how to check the switch and diagnose the bad Solenoid

Keepem coming and I'll sure keep watching.

I may also add the tutorial on this problem and it's corisponding processes is by far clearest I have seen so far I do think a Man with this talent should teach As it was once said to me years ago good correct information is hardest to find half ass truths are everywhere a great reason nothing works anymore just saying 🤣 With people as your self will and can keep us inspired with great tutorial know how

Great video for a layman like myself. Thanks.

2👍for you Sir! I combined this video with your voltage regulator instructional video. I have a DR mower with an electric clutch to engage blades. Come to find out, I had a multitude of issues with mine (bad voltage regulator & bad key switch). Without your help, I would have had an engine that runs but wouldn't cut grass due to the 12V required to keep blades engaged. Effectively an expensive lawn ornament. Thanks again for people like you that take personal time to make videos & share the knowledge. Subscribed, liked, & bell ringer here. VR

Great video on the switch, also learned some settings on my volt meter !

Mr.Sartin, You are an exceptional teacher. I appreciate the detail. Im not a guy but am a granny. I have a lt2000 I could use some advice on. I’ll keep watching your vids. Ty.

Thank you. Explained it very well and it was a helpful video

Thank you so so much for this video. I hope this works on our key switch. Much appreciated!

Got to say I was hunting the world over to find something explained as you have in this video I have the same style switch on my arians garden tractor although I do have a question or a few Instead of the key switch I would like to put toggle switches would like to plug them to the existing terminals on the same wire harness with out all the cutting and spliseing I have see guys who race mowers do something like I want to do I am so glad to have found this video in it's purest knowledge of this procedure you think the methods described still applies to this wanted options I have tried to explain Now as I may not have said anything that makes sense but wise people are few these days I do hope to hear from you on this topic Thank you in advance

Thanks..appreciate the effort. Very Helpful.

Great video, there's a few times you said resistance when I believe you meant continuity. Thumbs up and I subscribed :-)

best video on testing switch I've seen. My old switch was bad, bought a new one and mower still won't do anything, not even the lights will come on with the new switch. Battery was tested and is good, so there also must be some other electrical problem to research

Thanks for the video - very informative . You might find this interesting. I had a problem with my Craftsman mower with a Kohler Command 17.5 hp engine ( a very good engine) The mower started to get hard to start and after you ran it for a little while and shut it off it would not start unless i sprayed starting fluid into the carb . I believe this started when i discovered mice made a nest under the engine cover. I replaced the spark plug, double checked the ignition coil gap, installed new carb., new fuel line and filter and finally new head gasket. Did not help. Not sure why, out of ideas i guess but i watched your video . I performed your test very carefully and did it twice, it shows the switch is ok . My brother who is a pretty fair mechanic insisted i try to hot wire the switch - i did that and bingo the engine starts just fine, and then it also starts after you run it for awhile just like it should . Installed new switch ( 7 pin sw. ) and problem appears to be solved. This is the second replacement switch in ten yrs - i would think that is abnormal but with the very poor quality of parts now maybe not. If you actually see this after all this time - thanks again, you got me pointed in the right direction.

Excellent video. Although my switch tested fine🙄 Thank you for sharing your knowledge😊

Great job very well done

very good and understandable , thank you

I have one of them older switches. I just bought it new this morning. I've also replaced the solenoid as well. I checked all the grounds and still nothing. I can get the solenoid the click only with direct power. My issue also is the fuse holder. when I put the connector on the left solenoid it blew the fuse. When I change it back, I get nothing. I wish this opposed twin would fit in one of my good frames just to see if the starter will engage. I was able to follow your video though and seems that this switch is good. I have that voltage gage on this 6 prong switch.

I have a older key switch from a 1983 782 Cub Cadet with 5 pins, only 4 of the terminals are marked ,A-S-M-G I assume the unmarked terminal is B ? I am not sure what original motor was in my Cub Cadet but I am putting in a Kohler CH20S with Magneto ignition and have read I have to do something to prevent burning up the coil but not sure what I need either maybe a diode? Thank You,

Thank you very much for your fantastic video. I've got a 21 year old 42" yard machine riding mower model 13AP608G129 that I've been working to keep running these few years. Thank you very much for your fantastic video. I've got a 21 year old 42" yard machine riding mower model 13AP608G129 that I've been working to keep running these few years. Should there be any continuity between the G and A1 when switch is in off position?

Do you have a video on how to remove and rebuild a head on the Kawasaki FH580V? Get one thing fixed and have another problem. The mower is about 18 years old and have not had any trouble out of it. I did see a mouse run out from under it so there could be a nest on top of the cylinder causing it to run hot. Bent both valves about just alike. Thanks for any help and keep up the videos, they are very informational. Thanks again Michael

Subed your videos helped me out .. least I can do thanks. Thought I had a had stator ...

If you getting same reading from battery wire on voltage regulator to frame with keyy off and key on. Im checking 12.6 with key off and when i thurn key on its the same.

the craftsman manual shows that switch with all the pins labeled go thru to pages 35 +

Thank you

I have a Craftsman riding mower and I’m having some issues. It will start when it’s cold or has been sitting. If I turn it off and try to restart it, it won’t do anything. Any suggestions of what it might be?

Awesome video man 👌

Great video, thanks for taking the time to make it. I’m looking to add a led light bar to an Ariens. Currently the tractor has no lights. It has a similar switch as you have in this video. I want to utilize the light position on the switch. Can I use the L and A2 terminals? By the looks of the video I’m sure I can and not mount an additional switch. Also I’m assuming that if during the daytime the lights would be off if the switch is no on the light icon. Thanks

Lawn mower is running good but when you engage the blades the lawn mower cuts off what can be the problem

If you’ve narrowed down everything before the switch for the charging system and the charging terminal check fails would the mower would still start? Assuming you have manually charged the battery to full with a charger.

Hello, I've been asking you for help on that 74170 toro. You want believe what I fount today. I'd downloaded the Maual and I'd forgotten about it. But I found the wiring schematics of that mower. It shows everything I need to see. Thank you for your help. And I may need help later. But I just wanted to thank you for everything. THANKS, Carlton Croom. If there's anything I can do for you, just let me know!!!!!!

i have a cub cadet rzt50 kawasaki 22 hp engine year 2009. i love your videos. with my ignition switch off i am getting battery voltage to the voltage regulator, is this ok?

Excellent teaching! Checked out my LTX 1046 Cub C ignition switch it tested all good. Thanks. I've replaced the starter solenoid switch. While doing the replacement , I noticed the fuse, which was good, had the red wire on one side was hanging free. I reconnected it to the larger red wire coming of the solenoid. Still I have a tractor that does nothing when I turn the key. Is there another fuse behind the steering wheel close to the ignition switch? Any suggestions? Also, do you have another video that would address this problem? Just subscribed . Thanks again, great job!

Great video. My switch looks just like that one but it doesn't have the L terminal. It has G A1 A2 B M S. Which one would be for the lights? When checking the charging is it A1 or A2 and B? Thanks.

I just found ur channel. I wonder if u could maybe do a video on basic to moderately complex electrical systems like on a mower. I kinda know how it works but need a lot more training like how does a ground work. How do they wire all the safety switches with everything else and it works. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

Thanks. I think my switch is good. What about the wires going into it?

I have 2 questions. 1. You say that when I connect A2 to B I should hear a beep. If I don't does that mean the switch is bad? I tested a brand new one and when I connect A2 to B it doesn't beep either. 2. When testing the ignition coil with a multimeter, when the key is off it doesn't beep. That does mean the new ignition switch is bad?

The Visio was very helpful if you would use a pointer it would be awesome for with your finger we can’t see exactly what we need to see we have to guess at it.

I can’t get fire from the wire that comes from the switch to the voltage regulator when the key is turned on, stater, regulator, and switch all test good,but when I pull the pto switch on it kills the motor?!

It is 9:18 here, I have the letters, b,m,s,y,a,and g on my the back of my ignition switch on my gravely zt 1740. There are actually 7 terminal on the back, b,m,s,y,a,g and it's either an I, or L I'm not sure ?

Can you give me a diagram for that ignition letters to where i connect them to the riding mower

Thank you for this video. You explained clearly what the switch does. I am still confused in one area, so I apologize if I sound stupid with my questions, but how do you know which two to put the multimeter probes to? For example, I know M & G go together but what about the rest? I have a 7 terminal switch I'd like to test but don't know to which two do I connect the meter probes to or if I turn the key on or off when checking for continuity.

Stu Estrade 0 seconds ago I have a Snapper RER Mower 7800920-00 with a 17 hp B&S Intek engine 31C707 603 E1 What non-Snapper product is available for an ignition coil, solenoid, starter, and spark plug is applicable to my mower and engine? Snapper parts are pricey! Thanks

I have a old toro 3650 snowblower,r tek,how do i test the switch before replacement if the coil

ive got a 48 volt battery golf cart switch that reads continuity in the on position with no power and 48 volts in the off position. im thinking the switch is working fine ive just got a totally disconnected ground somewhere. because the lights and everything else works not effected by the starter. can you chime in any suggestions? thanks bud. ive been chasing gremlins in this thing for 6 months now. funny thing is, all the years i worked i never sat back and dreamed of spending 8 hours a day working on projects in my garage that frustrate the heck out of me. lol. great video by the way.

I have a starter switch that has R B S A and the 5th pin doesn’t have any letter next to it I’m trying to fine the Magnito and ground

Hello there I have a switch that rings the meter when it in the off position and I get nothing through the coil which everything is new my question is the switch is going to ground? That’s what I think This new switch is on a1973 hodaka 125 wombat Any ideas will be great thanks Ty

Enjoyed the video, tried testing my switch as you did, I could not get anything when touching B and S and turned to start but nothing happened, parked the mower after mowing and was going to move it but nothing no click, no start. I saw the fuse was blown so I unhooked the clutch, wires to the engine, everything else I could find to unhook but still as soon as I turn on the key it blows the fuse, could this be a short in the switch, lights haven't worked in a while. Don't know where else to check. It will spin the motor if I jump the relay. Thanks

I am getting a beep on M and S with the key in the off position. Is it possible the switch is shorting? In fact, with the key off, I jiggled the wires and the starter engaged and tried to crank the motor. Wierd! No other connections are getting a beep. I assume it is time for a new switch.

My switch has a icon of tractor backing up instead of lights icon. Should the test be the same?

My husqvarna 48" riding tractor keeps going thru key switches! And it seems to be getting worse I used to replace it once a year now with the mowing season only half over again key switch is shot! It cranks but wont fire! I cant seem to figure out why it keeps happening. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you love the channel

Hello, How are you? Thanks so much for making this video. I have a Snapper Pro Zero Turn Mower. I shipped my wire harness to a guy in Oklahoma for repair. Upon return, the guy in Oklahoma put a note in the box stating that, "Will have to add 1 Red (+Positive) and 1 Green (- Negative) wire to the battery. Diagram does not show how long". How do I go about adding them to the battery? Do I need to run it from somewhere else and hook it to the battery? He didn't give me specific details. Every time I call to try and get in touch with him, his line is always busy. I'm hoping you can help me out. Thank you!

What would cause my starter not to disengage? I just did this test and the switch is good.

I brought a husqvarna ignition unit with 7 terminals but the plug connector has only 5 to fit in the middle leaving A1 and G terminals expose. When I start the tractor, I also have to turn on the light switch that I assumed are the missing wiring for A1 and G. So when the light switch is off, then that wire must be for A1 and when the light switch is on, then the other wire must be for G(the ground) Is that correct?

Research led me here🙏 fresh battery won't even turn over I'm thinking it the ignition switch

I have an old metal ignition switch that will start the tractor but will not turn it off. I have to cholk the engine to turn it off. Is this a magneto or ignition switch problem?

My Quest has only 5 terminals and none are identified? How do I figure out? Thanks for great info

What is a 24hp B&S suppose to charge at ? Thanks

Also on my toro 74170 how many prongs does it suppose to have to key switch. . I have a five prong plug. My two coils, the wire is not put in. Someone changed key switch and it want cut off by switch anymore..

What is the "Y" terminal used for?

Hi, my switch has following letters: B, L, M, S, Y, G, A. Would appreciate it if you could tell me how my letters correspond to your letters. Thanks.

I bought this to use as my ignition switch on a 1963 Bolens 800 riding mower kzfaq.infoUgkxaAnMgzTZ_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!

Can you show me other side the colors

I have a 3y/o Cub Cadet XT1 with the Kohler SV540 engine. I've had a slight charging issue since new where after weeks or months the battery will get weak, hard start then eventually the clicking. Originally I thought maybe someone left the lights on or just a bad OE battery. Fast forward to the next mowing season (last year), I put a new Interstate 375CCA battery in it. Made it to fall and the issue happened again. Now to today, battery tested good, stator output tested good and the voltage regulator to battery tested good. But one thing I noticed was the voltage regulator battery wire/terminal tested identical volts as the battery regardless if the ignition switch was in the on or off position. With this switch having the reverse safety and all that on it should it be showing 0 at the voltage regulator while in the off position? Thanks!

A2 connect to which part of the mower?

Hello I have a 7 prong metal ignition switch for a craftsman 12.5 hp lawn tractor. The letters are A Y G M L B S. the lights don't work but I have continuity from A to L. I was wondering what Y does. It's a 3 position switch, on the console How do I send a picture. PAT. No. 3497644 Others pend

you stated A-1 to B for charging then you stated A-2 to B for charging. Whats up?

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My Ferris keeps blowing charging system fuse when i turn the key on.

I check my switch with you my is not cutting off went I turn my off

*Built well, **Bestfor.Garden** also recommend plugged right into my rider 4500 series. Was short the rubber cap key and was was sent right out in the mail. Just ordered another ignition switch for my 6500 rider.*

Mines a cheap all metal brand the only plastic one I have is on the John deere

At 7:17 you say “connect to A2” ... I think you meant to say “A1”. Thanks for the great video though!

I don't have no meter

hello how are you

Will someone PLEASE show a video on How to remove a key switch??!! (for us "gals"

I put a gun too my head during this presentation.....

for meter's ,,,fluke ,,,for Knockout Punch's klein and greenlee ,,,,not meter's please,,,

Thank you