I have a lawn boy MODEL # R8241AE and I believe it to be a 1984 model? Anyway, I'm trying to fix it for my sister who has a hard time manually starting her own (this lawn boy is battery start). Anyway, after messing with the original relay one night weeks ago = using wires from a battery to "engage" it several times and then putting the mower back together, I got it running! About a week later I tried it again and it wouldn't start. I inserted a wire in the spark plug wire so that I could hold the bar back and turn the switch while holding the wire close to the mowers handlebar - no spark. I even held between my fingers and again no spark. So, I took it apart enough to get to the relay again. I tested the opposite posts as instructed via a net site and found the top and bottom posts had no continuity (posts 87 & 30), so I figured that to be the problem. I ordered one online this week and just now put it on. Once I got the mower together and tried it, again it wouldn't start! Again, I hooked a wire into the spark plug wire to check for spark and had none. I then removed the tank, battery box, and battery to get to the relay. I unplugged the new one and it now has the same posts without continuity! Perhaps I should have checked it before I put it on but I didn''t and now wish I had, but is there a reason why these relays are burning out between the same two terminals??????
Thanks for any help, Bill
Thanks for any help, Bill