Hi, Butcho, and welcome to the forum.
The carb solenoid has nothing to do with travel of your mower. When you turn your key off it blocks the intake into the cylinder to prevent an after-fire situation in your muffler from the unburnt fuel.
Most mowers have a safety that prevents you from mowing in reverse. A few of them have a 2 way switch that allows you to manually let the mower mow in reverse without dying. However, if your machine didn't come with this option it is against forum rules to discuss removing any safety feature installed on a mower. Would hate to see someone get the info on how to bypass one of these safeties and subsequently injure a bystander or pet while operating the machine in a fashion for which it was not designed.
My John Deere mower has a switch to engage the blades. If I want to mow in reverse the design of the switch lets me pull it up and the blades will continue to operate while in reverse. That, I assume, is to create an awareness of your movement and check for anything behind you.
The carb solenoid has nothing to do with travel of your mower. When you turn your key off it blocks the intake into the cylinder to prevent an after-fire situation in your muffler from the unburnt fuel.
Most mowers have a safety that prevents you from mowing in reverse. A few of them have a 2 way switch that allows you to manually let the mower mow in reverse without dying. However, if your machine didn't come with this option it is against forum rules to discuss removing any safety feature installed on a mower. Would hate to see someone get the info on how to bypass one of these safeties and subsequently injure a bystander or pet while operating the machine in a fashion for which it was not designed.
My John Deere mower has a switch to engage the blades. If I want to mow in reverse the design of the switch lets me pull it up and the blades will continue to operate while in reverse. That, I assume, is to create an awareness of your movement and check for anything behind you.
