Hi All After a year of disuse I have been using my 09M7 with B&S 280000 series motor 12 HP. Had one of those weird coincidences where the mower conked out and then wouldn't turn on the starter. Look at the wiring diagram and there's only one switch that could account for both issues, the cutter switch which is a double throw switch operating in the starter circuit and the magneto-to-earth cut out. In the end it wasn't that at all but 2 quite separate things - it was out of fuel and a wire had been dislodged from the foot switch (normally open in the ignition-to-solenoid circuit). Whatever caught it had almost knocked the switch out of its hole as well - luckily the body was not damaged. Anyway, this prompted me to complete my investigations into the wiring circuits on my particular machine. I have now updated the diagram with wire colours and noted that in one circuit, the blue wire from the "S" terminal on the ignition switch goes first to the cutter switch, and then to the foot switch (Dark blue/white stripe). There is also a red/pale blue stripe wire from the small terminal on the solenoid that runs to the alternator. Updated wiring diagram attached.
