Maybe you have a blown fuse. Double check the work done last for a worn through wire ish kind of thing. Are you able to crank the engine via the screen on top? The igniter will affect the spark, but not the cranking.

Should have mentioned I did check the fuses. Not sure what you mean by crank the engine via the screen on top?

All the wires and connections from the recently installed wire relay kit look fine.

So, it should still try to crank with a bad igniter? If that's the case I have no idea where to look next.

Thanks Tom

Meaning the screen on the top of the engine. The screen is attached to the engine flywheel. Are you unable to roll the engine via the screen? I don't think that I have a schematic for these. Thinking out loud here:If something were to lose power and make it die- it would likely be the solenoid below the carb. In itself, not in the crank circuit which is why I asked about the fuses. If the engine is movable via that screen, it would be useful to look for schematic. Cover your bases on things like battery connections being clean, battery load tested- maybe even undo your relay temporarily to see if you can get it to crank. At least I take that the relay kit you installed was the starting improvement kit.

Thanks Tom. I'll give your suggestions a try tomorrow and report back.

Thanks for the help Tom. Your suggestions led me to discover the problem. The yard is rather large and quite bumpy in some areas. The safety switch under the seat had been bypassed with a wire and the jumper wire has a short in it. She fired right up after I moved the wire. Going to replace it today.

Thanks again.

Kudos to you. Isn't it great when a fix is so simple? Hopefully smooth sailing from here on.

Indeed it is. Thanks again Tom.

P.S. The starter relay kit sure works greats. Fires up every time now; no more Kawasaki click.

This post was edited by Adaml961 on Mon, Jan 19, 15 at 21:18