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I'm a new member. My 82 year old dad couldn't get is 1999 520Lxi to start and decided to get a new John Deere. He gave me his 520Lxi to sell. It is in very good condition and ran fine until it stopped and just won't start. It would intermittently not want to start, but by pushing extra hard parking it would start. That trick stopped working for him. I picked up the tractor a couple of days ago. After a 20 mile trailer ride and sitting in my garage for a few hours, I tried to start it. Nothing at first, then I pushed extra hard on the parking brake. It fired right up and ran great. The next morning did the same thing fired right up and ran great. I drove it out onto my driveway and sprayed off the engine with the pressure washer 'kind of' avoiding the electrical components. When I tried to start it to put it back into the garage it was totally dead. Since then here's what've tried. - Seat safety switch was already bypassed. Checked the wire to make sure they were securely connected. They were. - Put jumper wire in connector for parking brake switch - Tested Parking Brake Switch with multimeter. The switch worked so I hooked it back up. - Disconnected all wiring harness connectors in the engine compartment and blew out moisture and dirt (from my pressure washing) - Tested Ignition Switch - Verified continuity between B terminal and I, R, L, S terminals based on key position - Worked properly. - Discovered Starter Solenoid ground nut was completely missing. Ground wire just loosing sitting on ground stud (see picture). Added washer, lock washer and nut. - No Change! Still won't do a thing. - Battery voltage at the terminals 12.4V I'm not sure what to try next. I feel like I'm just randomly trying things. I need help doing things in a logical method. Also, I'm curious what the tractor and snow blower would be worth once I get it running. Thanks! Wade
