On Mar 5, 7:24*pm, "Joe J" wrote:
Just bought a different house and included with the offer to purchase was
the Simplicity riding mower. *Closed this week and discovered that he left
the battery and a half a tank of gas in the mower. *That would mean its been
sitting in the freezing WI winter since about mid October. *The battery is
shot and won't take a charge. *Anyway, brought my old battery from home, got
it running and just wanted to run the old gas out.
The seat interlock isn't working. *So even with the parking brake on and no
blade turning, I can't get off the seat w/o the mower dying.
Anyone know how that interlock works and if I can fix it? *It must be some
kind of mechanical relay but I can't find anything under the seat. *It flips
forward for battery access but I don't see anything else under there.
Any guesses appreciated.

I just want to run the old gas out and deal with it in spring, but I don't
want to park my ass on it for 3 hours in 30 degree weather, running the
mower out of gas.
WI spring is at least 6 weeks away
Thanks,
Joe

It probably isn't the seat switch that isn't working correctly. It is
probably the switch that is activated/de-activated at the foot pedal/
foot pedal linkage.

Your seat probably has a little tab on it. When you sit on the seat,
the tab will go thru a slot in the frame and activate/de-activate the
dead-mans switch.

There may be a parts breakdown on line for you rmodel. Check it out.

Hank