Cub Cadet 3206

[James Seidelman]

I have a Cub Cadet 3206 with a Kohler 22 hp 2-cylinder air-cooled V-twin OHV, Serial Number IE 2416-20034 Factory Number 652, purchased on 07-01-2001 by my dad, now my lawn mower, I used this mower for one year and it was always hard to start, Full choke and full throttle. Several months ago it would not start (No spark). so far I have replaced both ignition coils, both spark plugs, the voltage regulator and the 12 volt relay. still no spark. I can't figure this thing out....getting frustrated

 

[James Seidelman]

 

[RayF]

most likely, you have a safety switch somewhere that is not allowing power to the coils.
Seat switch, PTO switch, etc....

 

[gary noblit]

James,have you tried unhooking kill wires to coils ,then check for spark.., if you get spark you've got a short somewhere in the kill wire..

 

[James Seidelman]

Gary, Im going to try that next.

 

[James Seidelman]

Ray, Seat safety switch seems to be working fine, I must also push brake pedal down to start lawnmower to it appears that switch is also ok, is there a third safety switch on PTO. ?

 

[Neil Mullins]

My guess is in safety switches or wiring itself shorted to ground somewhere in the safety system.

 

[PACub100]

Is there one for PTO?
How about one for mowing in reverse?...or was that too early for that?

 

[Oak]

If the motor turns over, all the safeties are good. As Gary said, unhook the whit kill wires on the mags and crank it. If you have spark, then you have a short or failed ignition switch. Do the CH's have the diodes in the kill circuit like the Vanguards? If they do, you could have a shorted diode causing your issue.

 

[BigE1971]

I have the exact same mower with the same problem! But I found out what was wrong with mine ! It was out of time ! Sheared pin on the flywheel!

 

[Doug Rusk]

I have had trouble intermittently with my 2185. That era of 2000 and 3000 series are good mowers but have some inherent issues. Ignition switch can be a problem as well as the various safety switches. Also if those sit for long the carburetor seems to dry out and they take a while to get gas up to them. An electric fuel pump might take care of that issue.

Don't give up, you will figure it out.

 

[Everettlee]

Two kinds of no start
Crank but not start
No crank

No crank is where the safety switches are concerned