I bought a used AROEN riding mower. When I put the blade dwn to cut, the mower stalls. Plus, it blows the fuse. SO to start it i have to change the fuse. Why does it do this ? Thanks

Pull the cutting deck off the mower, lean it against a wall so you can see the bottom of the deck. I usually use a small section of 2x4 to stop the blades from turning when trying to loosen the blade bolt. A breaker bar comes in handy as those bolts/nuts are usually put on rather tight. Be sure to pay attention to how it goes back together, take pictures if need be. Also, be sure you put the blades on right, or the grass won't cut right.

sounds like a bad PTO, that is the electrical gizmo on the bottom of the engine's driveshaft which engages the bottom pulley, running the deck. you might luck out and find the fuse is blown so follow the wire from the PTO back until you find the fat part in the wire. the fat part is an in line fuse holder with a fuse in it. if the fuse is bad and blows again, you need a new PTO

the electric clutch on the unit is beginning to short out and drawing too much current

Husqvarna uses an electronic clutch to engage the mower deck. When the clutch works itself out of adjustment it will quit working. Sometimes it will blow the 20 fuse and the tractor will continue to run, but the blade won't engage. When you then shut off the tractor it won't crank again until you replace the fuse. When you attempt to engage the blades again, the fuse will blow again.

Follow this link for a detailed description of the adjustment process:

http://www.lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=164509&highlight=clutch+adjustment

Nick

Well Harry these mowers are all made by the same couple of companies. My Husqvarna 2148 was actually an AYP, and yours most likely is also. AYP makes the Craftsman mowers as well and there are a lot of similar complaints on here about those mowers doing the same thing. Now many of those type complaints about Craftsman mowers are resolved by tracking down a central relay that all the safety switches connect to in order to shut the engine down or keep it from starting. So were I you I would track the wiring on the safety switches down, and there is one on the PTO as well to keep you from starting it with the blades engaged, and see if there is not such a relay and it could be your bad boy.

If you bought this mower used and did not change the oil and air fillter or even looked too see what the oil and air filter looked like that could be part of your problem what ever you do when you buy a used mower always change the oil and air filter make sure you are lubed up good and the mower can breath then go from there to your spark plug if it is a used mower change it is better safe then sorry got to keep that sparky sparking. Then if the problem continues think could the lever for lowering and raising the blades sliping and causing the blades to get to close to the ground if not. After all of this it would be a good time to call you nearest pro for some advice not to fix it because if they are anything like the ones around where I live they will try to help you figure out what it is just by what you tell them over the phone before they will want to see it and charge you anything.Good luck.

You may have something stuck in the mower deck. If you nuse a mirror you can look under the deck and see if anything is jammed there. If the blades are jammed it will stall the motor.

mower stalls when you engage to cut.

try unplugging the pto, starting the mower and then engaging the blades. If it still blows a fuse the problem lies in the mowers wiring. If not the problem is the pto. Hope this helps

try unplugging the pto then start the mower next engage the blades and see if the fuse blows if it does the problem lies in the mowers wiring if not the problem lies in the pto. hope this helps