I have a riding mower problem i need desperate help with. Its a 2004 murray select. Its black and a 40" cut and 13.5 Briggs and stratton I/C engine. Bought it brand new in 2004 and its been great. At the end of last season, i noticed a few times it would just die while i was mowing. It would fire right back up. It did it just a few times last year. Now this year, its doing it more and more and has gotten so bad it takes forever to mow. It will go along fine then just dies like i turned the key off or something. It usually will start back up but sometimes it takes a lot of cranking to get it started back. Then when it starts back, i might get 10 feet before it does it again, or i might go 10 minutes before it does it again, but its doing it more and more each time i mow. Ive kept the thing mint and do all the maintenance on it. I thought maybe the fuel hose or filter had some trash in it that was stopping the fuel flow sometimes but they are clear. There is a electrical 2 wire plug that connects to the bottom of the carburetor im wondering about. Ive never seen a lawnmower with any electrical gadgets on the carb but this one does and i noticed that if i unplug it, the mower will die, so im wondering if whatever that is on the carb that has wires going to it could be going bad? need help bad getting it going right, any lawnmower techs here that may be familiar with this murray mower?
thanks!
