My cub cadet won't stay running. I can mow for a will and it just sputters, and or dies. I let it cool off for about 10 minutes.It starts right up after it cools. It also starts to smoke when it gets hot. After mowing for awhile it sputters and i shut it off, and lift the hood and smokes rolls out from underneath the hood. What do i do?

SOURCE: cub cadet 1610 rans the battery down went mowing.

Hello bigdave1138:

From your Description it Sounds like the Stator/Charging Coils are Bad or the Voltage Regulator (if Applicable) is Bad.
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Good Luck

Respectfully

jbridger (John)

SOURCE: My Cub Cadet 2135 PTO won't engage.

i had the same thing happen
found that the on/off switch had come unplugged from the wire harness just below the switch
had to attach the wires to something underneath so the weight did not pull the wires down and taped the two switches together to prevent it from pulling apart
it needs some kind of clip to hold them together
hope that this works for you


jo

SOURCE: I own a cub cadet LT1042. I started mowing tonight

Replace your drive belt

SOURCE: Cub Cadet engine runs but, also will not go in forward or reverse

you didnt say what model this is, but i assume its hydrostatic because it has a drive shaft. is the hydrostatic unit filled with oil¿ if its ok, check the linkage from the pedal to the rearend (hydrostatic drive) make sure its not broken or loose.. if that l@@ks ok, check both ends of the drive shaft making sure the couplers are not broke and the drive shaft is ok. hope this helps.

Jim DuBreck

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• Posted on Oct 17, 2009

SOURCE: I have a 2005 Cub Cadet Series 1000 LT 1050 with

Sounds like the drive belt has been thrown off of the drive pulley.
It is fairly simple to identify the drive belt. - it is the one that is connected directly to the pulley coming donw from the motor... and it travles over a tensioner pulley (that you control with the clutch) and then over the large pulley that is mounted over the transmission.

Check to be sure that the belt is ON the pulley... and not broken..
-Jim