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    jfranklin Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 24, 2007, 10:44 PM
    My Poulan Pro riding lawn tractor starts easily. If I try to release the clutch after I put it in gear, it dies. If I try to engage the blades, it dies. What could cause this?
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    Mar 25, 2007, 05:50 AM
    J, I moved this to lawn & garden where it will be seen better than in Introductions ;)
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    Mar 25, 2007, 08:40 AM
    For diagnostic purposes apply a small amount of choke and see if it is a fuel starve issue. If that does not do it, you may have a safety switch failure, if you are not on the seat, or the machine thinks you are not when you engage either item the engine will die.

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