I just don't know but chasing wiring issues HAS to be the worst! I replaced the key switch on my 982 because of previous issues I had. Picked that one up Saturday morning, and installed it. Turned the key - LIGHTS! Yeppie! So I didn't start it, figured all was fine, went on and did all my weed wack'n and trimming. Had lunch come out to start mowing. Turned the key... NOTHING!!!
So needless to say I was almost to the point of pulling a Jim Carey and start to kick my own @$$ like he did in the bathroom in the movie. But, I thought lets be cool and start from the begining. I removed the cables AGAIN from the battery and shinned them up with emery clothe and re-installed on shinned up battery posts as well. Tapped the solenoid for either good luck or frustration, not sure which? Tryed the key again and it cranked and cranked and finally fired. Then after doing this a few times, I finally got it to run then it would cut out and stop.
Needless to say I was getting FRUSTRATED! Then I wiggled around the wires again out of despiration and well......NOTHING! NOW it was getting to the point that it wouldn't even fire or light up the head lights when I turned the key. Funny thing is when I turn the key on, the hour metre "counter" hand turns and the engine isn't even running (not sure it this is normal
).
Anyway, I grabbed hold of the wires on the back side of the amp gauge and tried moving them on the post. Well, I got the action from the key switch that I wanted and actually got it to fire and RUN! So needless to say I didn't touch the wires again on that. So for the first few mintues it was running, I watched and listend and noticed the gauge was DIS-CHARGING? Needle was bouncing around on the negative side and then finally came to rest at negative nubmer and stopped. Wouldn't move or wiggle or anything. So I just said heck with it, lets see if it really is dis-charging or not. I backed it out and went to mow the lawn. 3 hours later it was still runing and the needle hadn't moved? Shut it off when I was done and the needle went back to zero. I walked by it today and just turned the key to see if there was power to the lights, yep!
Dumb ass thing! So I think I should perhaps look and see what a new amp gauge is worth....might be a little less agrivating? Any thoughts other than I am out to lunch!