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