Lawn Tractor Question

having the same problem.i have a murray w a 17.5 briggs.been workin on it all week.got it started the other night,mowed two strips,started spittin and sputterin,then died.my neighbour called me,said sounds like an ignition prob to me.(he owns the local auto elect shop).a guy at work had one that ran good ,but rearend was out,bout it for 50.00,came home changed coils and carb.same thing.went over to my neighbours,asked him what else he thought it could be.he said check the wire going from the ignition,to the coil,make sure it is not broken any where,and grounding out.came back home,started chasing the wire,apparently last year when i changed the starter,i got the wire in the wrong place,it was pinched between the starter and the block.which when that wire shorts out,it does exactly what it is suppose to,sends ground to the coil to kill the engine.not for sure that it fixed the prob,the battery was dead.but,look at that wire.