My MTD ranch king riding mower will not start with the blade belt on the engine pulley. Any help?
November 19th, 2009 | 
Author: hillary
Author: hillary
O.K. this indication has the knife edge rendezvous which is additionally the rug tallness composition lever.(pull it all the approach up to disengage)
When we paid for it all was as it should be. Then we took the rug off my ranch-king. After we put it behind upon we cannot begin the engine with the leather leather belt upon the pulley. If we take the leather leather belt off the pulley we can begin it as well as expostulate it, though patently my weed won’t get any shorter! we have fiddled with it the bit to no avail. PLEASE HELP ME.
I own a few MTD tractors – I like the tractor, just hate the deck setups. Id suggest removing the deck again and start over. It mightve been a good idea to take pics before removing it the first time- but its too late.
Okay, my White LT12 is similar ( still an MTD product) – it has 4 ‘legs’ that come down, with a 5th ‘adjustment leg’ and a plate in the back along with a seriously heavy duty spring. Everytime ive removed the deck- i have a serious time trying to put the dang spring back on – it hooks waaay back at the rear axle.
Deck is out from under the tractor, lower the engagement/lift arm all the way down- check for any binding in these arms- they tend to ’stick’ alot. I suggest greasing the moving points and the plate assembly tward the rear.
Make sure the belt is run the correct way , thru pulleys, idlers, ect.
I jack up the front of the tractor ( since the arms hang so low) – then slide the deck back under. Hook up all the pins and lower back down, attach the plate/spring and lift the arm to off position, try cycling the lift assembly to make sure nothing binds.
It should work now. I had a few times where the arms would bind or twist and screw up the deck hieght/engagement.
Kidd
Take it to a MOWER DR
I agree with the other poster. As long as you are over there, have it serviced for putting it away for the summer. You’ll be glad you did next summer.
I think it could be either:
(1) The belt is on wrong — Try putting the belt on in accordance with the manual
(2) The mower deck is engaged when you are trying to start it up. Engines cant get up to speed with all that load at first