I had a friend stop in my shop today with his Gravely zero turn mower
model 991070 serial number 010073 with the Kawasaki engine. code FX691V-DS04-R E/N0 FX691VA20686
It had been in a small engine shop for several weeks because it wouldn't charge. The shop claimed they could not fix the problem with it not charging.
I checked it for him and there was no voltage on red wire going to the V/R.
I traced the wired back from V/R and it went from red to purple and that's when I found the 20 amp fuse melted.
The shop that had this mower replaced the V/R and checked more things and give up.
The20 amp fuse was sort of hidden but I found it pretty fast.
Now the question is what caused this 20 amp fuse to melt ? maybe the V/R was bad and it was overcharging ? and the new V/R the shop replaced solved that part ??
After I located what the problem was and put a new 20 amp fuse in it charged 14.2 volts at WOT.
I was not sure about the V/R having power when key was off but I think it was wired that way and it works. It was late and I didn't look for a wiring diagram but being it was working I let him go mow.
Thoughts ?