[rainman_123]

Motor runs great but when i engage PTO/Blades motor dies and backfires

 

[woodpecker41]

Sit in the seat and everything should work right. There are a bunch of safety switches on all new tractors that require the operator to be seated to make everything work. If you are seated and bought the tractor used someone has messed with the safety switches and the tractor needs to have them all hooked up and working for it to run right. It is against this and all the other tractor forums I visit policies to help anyone with bypassing the switches. Welcome to WFM. Roger

 

[knottyrope]

if bogging going up a hill your fuel float level might be too low or hi

 

[aartwmich]

Agree that this "...the engine should labor (slow noticeably)" is a better description than 'bogging down'.

Sorry for the double post above, not sure how that happened.