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Further troubleshooting and it was a faulty new forward/reverse lever micro switch. Replaced with another new and working fine again. Issue resolved. Thanks for your feedback @Harry Bloomfield.

Harry, Pulling on the PTO kills the engine unless I press the reverse gear button which then keeps the engine going. Now I can also put it into reverse gear and not depress the reverse button and the blades remain engaged. It is like the function is now opposite of what should be happening. I...

Hi Rick, I am facing the same issue with reverse gear button depressed to engage the blades moving forward. I wanted to hopefully get my problem resolved as well. Which of the micro switches did you replace to fix your problem?

Hello Harry, Apologies for not updating sooner, your diagnosis was spot on and problem solved with a replacement micro switch. Once again a big thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Cheers

Hi Harry, I gave the same issue as Rick. The Mountfield 1530M is only engaging the blades mysteriously when the reverse button is depressed. The engine starts, runs, idles ok but as soon as I pull the PTO switch the engine cuts out, unless I press the reverse button. I have changed the micro...