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my wife would know something is definitely up then, I never buy her flowers

pork, found something to keep an eye out for

so last night when cleaning out the smokehouse the tractor started dying every time you gave it gas, idle was fine, hydraulics was good.

Same thing this morning, so we swapped out the fuel filter at the engine, still the same was happening, newsettler noticed a diaphragm on the engine block that was engaging every time I hit the gas

so I called the dealer and talked to the service manager, told him what was happening, he said to lift the seat and check the kill switch, what kill switch? It's designed so that if you get off the seat you don't run over yourself

Oh you mean the kill switch that was disengaged and was wire nutted together?

he said are you serious? that should have never left the shop like that. Yes I am serious, I haven't touched it. So he said that the previous owner must have disconnected it to bypass or the switch was bad, he said to throw a tester on it, once engaged it should be an open circuit, if it is not to let him know and he will send me a new one. So we tested it and the switch was fine, but newsettler noticed some wires that were frayed below the nut which probably happened with me lifting the seat when it rains and crimping it when I get on. So we fixed the fray and reconnected the switch, runs perfect now.

newsettler says I should have them send me a new wiring harness at least