On 5/12/2014 6:14 AM, Frank Thompson wrote:
Thanks for all of the excellent suggestions. After
having systematically gone through every thing suggested,
because of the newness of the machine I just don't see
a high probability of most of the components causing
problems at this time. My #1 hunch is that a piece
of trash somehow got into the fuel system (albeit the
fuel was purchased last week).

I fooled around with that & believe fuel is getting
to the carb and now my best guess is that it is
electrical... specifically something to do with one
of three switches related to the machine supposedly
cutting off if operator lets go of bar across the
horizontal handle which op is suppose to grip when
the machine is operated. So far I've been able to
locate 2 of the 3, but from their appearance they
appear to be cheaply made and are good candidates

for early failure.

My next problem is to isolate the assumed bad one.
This bothers me because the furnished Snapper owners
guide is a copied version and the extremely fine print
is almost impossible to the decipher on the wiring
diagrams. One of the issues is that neither of
the guides (Snapper machine made here in GA and
the Briggs & Stratton Vanguard engine made in
Japan or China) treat the issue in a comprehensive
manner... both claiming to not address specific
models. Neither is accurate in their presentation
of the cut-off switches.

That's quite a list of things to check.
I look forward to reading what the real
problem was. Thanks for writing again.

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