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When I engage the mower blades, the tractor tries to stall

I have a craftman riding mower 2004. I have rebuilt the carb, replaced fuel filter, replaced the belt, and added an additive to try to clean the heads. But still, when I engage the mower blades, the tractor tries to stall. When the blades arent down, the thing runs fine.

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  • mom_2_bean Jul 09, 2009

    Yes it does turn freely, 2 new plugs and gas twice since I had to drain it to clean everything out. Think of anything else?

  • mom_2_bean Jul 13, 2009

    Thanks for the helpeveryone...we were told the jets of the carb were probably still gunked up so we bought Sea Foam additive. Ran a couple of small gas/foam mixes through and it is now starting to work. It's still spitting a lot but I think it's just working it out now.

  • Spud Howell May 11, 2010

    Does the blade turn freely when the engine is off ? Are you using really "fresh" gasoline ? Have you put in a new spark plug ?

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Besides the reverse switch, the seat switch will also cause this.

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Hi..my name is Keith..and the newer mowers have all kinds of safety switches..and the mowers will shut off..if you put the mower in reverse with the blades on..so i would suspect you have a bad reverse safety switch..i hope this will help..if not please write me back

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