I watched this like 2-3 years ago easy and did this last winter. It’s fun to have. I installed a relay and put my f150 horn and it bolted to the same holes from the cover that the wheel sits on.
Also, you can do what I did: override seat sensor. You can get her mowing real straight and then jump off and run get another beer then jump back on. With a bit of luck, your line won't be too crooked, but after several beer runs it's going to be off anyway!
My mom wanted to keep the physical seat switch without cutting the factory wires just in case for later so she removed it and just zip tied the button down and let it dangle XD
Absolutely a great modification. I have a John Deere Sabre mower that is pretty much the same as yours and I agree: I can't figure out how the stupid button to reverse makes it safer.
@briansmobile1 Im certainly not dissing that move, it is actually pretty refreshing to watch something that doesnt have cussing every-other second. You got alot of funny stuff on here..I was searching on google for some info on fixing my mother's leaky taurus and boom-Stumbled across your videos...Good stuff man...good stuff!
Would love to see the DIY snow blower set up you did on your tractor. I want to put one on my rider and could use a couple ideas. Great mods and video!
Haha that's awesome, husqvarna did a good design with having the reverse built into the ignition, you just turn the key to a second position that allows you to mow in reverse and leave it there the rest of the time. I wanna stick a horn on mine but oil pressure, oil temp, and voltage gauges are first :)
@ballershanelle It looks small, but it's a third acre of grass. Plus like you say I mow the neighbors quite often too. I identify things that I have cognitive dissonance for and then address them such that I can make them something I actually look forward to. A riding lawn mower does this for me with mowing the lawn. I also use it to move the trampoline and move the trailers to mow under them.
You don't have to hold it down, you just have to push it. More importantly, tell us about the Honda snowblower attachment and how you modified the fit.
great mower bought new 2003 l110 sold it for $500 in 2017 never gave a single problem i just did maintenance once a year not 1 problem i bout freaked when fuel filter stopped up surprised me i bought the kit first 7 years then just did oil and filter kohler single was bullet proof and that safety switch did noit have to be held down push it down and release and could put both hands on steering wheel or a cold beer great mower just moved on to the zero turn commercial mower ...and when i first got my home depot jd l110 i thought u had to hold down on button button til i said this aint much of a safety feature having to hold button down so i let off button and sonofabitch it kept going backwards it was awesome!!! lol
Dude, awesome Subaru Outback! Oh, and by the way, you have so eloquently showed how stupid and dangerous some of these "Safety" features are that they have put on lawn mowers over the years. Not only are they stupid, they make the equipment totally unusable. At least my Cub has a setting on the key switch to allow backing up with the mower running, but it still has other annoying "Safety" features. Love the new horn. Keep on modding.
Another great video, I need to figure out how to do this mod on my Cub Cadet. Come to think of it...I've also got an old "aoogah" horn in my barn someplace. Hmmm, my neighbors are gonna love this. lol
If you open hood and look at the lever that engages the blades there is a simple switch that opens when the blades are engaged. I simply used a zip tie to keep it closed.
@ndchevy I kept the yellow one because it's momentary. It would be best in the center of the steering wheel, bu then I'd have to mount a clock spring from an air bag and I'd rather go fly my helicopter to hunt or something else.
By accident I found if you push the button for reverse and start moving you can release the button and it keeps the blades going while you reverse hands free. Though I like your mod better just a tip for those who dont know.
@goodbro I've done SO MANY different ones (by customer demand) They all proved to create hazardous waste and didn't improve mileage. The BEST way to improve mileage is to get gas to vaporize better through charcoal canister trays and high vacuum/heat and trapping liquid to stay in the tank. Check out Tom Ogle on Google. There's also the Fish and Pogue carburetor designs.
the safety reverse button on a JD 170 you only have to hold it for the 1st second in reverse and then it's in "safety mode" for as long as you are backing up and it's mounted a little higher which makes multi-tasking a little easier. guess they didn't think about that with the smaller model
I'm high fiving u all the way, as I'm looking out over acreage that the parents have continued to expand but I have to move piles, deweed, deforest and mow it. This country girl Luvs your videos
Husqvarna comes with an option on the Factory Ignition Key. You have two positions on the Starter Key...Run or Run in Reverse......So I've never had to deal with your issue.
This stock function has actually been malfunctioning and pissing off my mom. She runs a D100 John Deere with these same features and she will love to see this.
I have the same mower. That safety feature is not an issue. I don't think you realize that you don't have to push and hold that button the whole time while the blades are engaged. You just have to push it initially when you first go to back up and then release it and keep backing up with the blades engaged. Then you can do all of your twisting and turning around without having to worry about a safety feature being a nuisance. I personally never look back when my blades are engaged. I just run over everything. No twisting and turning needed. Yes, I am being serious.
My 1999 Murray Hooptie mower goes in reverse with blades engaged just fine. I can't imagine one that doesn't. Then again, most of the safety switches on mine have been removed and thrown away.
IM FILING A "NOT NICE "LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU...I DEFEATED MY REVERSE LOCKOUT AND IT CAUSE ME TO BE DONE MOWING SOONER AND I HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE WIFE NOW!.....YOU ARE GOING TO PAY MISTER!
@MisterMattyMo You know of all people who're honest in behavior etc? You know who's true to themselves? Kids who are 3-4 years old and can talk but aren't socially programmed/domesticated/cultured yet. They say and do whatever the heck they want. I love it. And you know what their best compliment is? They're nice. You know what the worst and most slanderous insult? Not nice! lol Kids.... love em.
Subaru Horns are louder! I dont like working on riders but seriously,I started working on them a while ago and craftsman sucks. They keep me in hobby money. I saw where grandpa ran over the kiddy playhouse chopping his grandkids leg off. Best bet is to never mow around or over kids toys,or allow them to ride anywhere other than in a cart WITHOUT actually mowing anything. Make sure JR is inside with Grandma,always.
:) I love the "That's not nice.",vulgarity is so savage (especially heard coming from the mouth of your child,lol or anyone's child for that matter). Great vid, (as I've had the same problem) thanks for sharing.
Unfortunately it's becoming common practice (with product progression, :'( just like newer vehicles.),not only johndoe is doing this (troybuilt and Mu'rah also use safeties that "Aren't nice".
Craftsman made it easy - both the seat switch and the reverse switch go through one connector that is easily visible on the side of the tractor. Unplug it and there are no more nannies.
John Deere usually does things right, but that one is a head-scratcher. Are the blades automatically shut off when you get up off the seat and forget to turn the PTO off? I assume that strange feature was born out of litigation. At least they made it easy to disable.
Hey bud you dont have to hold the button down while backing up you just push it and hit reverse and until you let off the reverse peddle it still mowes in reverse just a little fyi I also have the very same mower 110 John deer
Love your vids man, i've got a John Deere L111 with the same back up safety button. i don't have to hold mine down tho..still annoying and a horn would be fun:) just finnished changing the head gaskets on my subaru impreza(thanks to your videos) keep em coming!
My mower doesn't really have parts for it anymore, and when you find something it's just too much (like the starter), so we just use our cordless drill starter lol.
back in the day we didnt have saftey switches on mowers....i cut my teeth on an old sears 10-36 with an old tejunkseh engine.......every mfg utilizes some sort of anti reverse switch.......my fix is buy a zero turn lol!
This is a problem that definitely needs to be addressed however connecting the wires this way is not the greatest idea because their are relays that are temporarily engaged when the button is pressed and they are not designed to be on all the time. When you connect those wires the relays are constantly running. Eventually it will cause issues with the electrical system, seen it time and time again. They need to have a multi position key switch like most mowers now days but John Deere has to over engineer everything.
The best advice is to do everything "REAL" slow and just move short distances, stop and look around, then go another short distance until you are finished. All's it takes is one malfunction and you are 'HAMBURGER' ! ! !
@epiphaknee Some times big successful companies like John Deere become targets for lawsuits by entitlement lawsuit types. Farming of all professions is one of the more dangerous jobs in the world. When you look in medical books there's no shortage of PTO related injuries in the illustrations. If you don't have the blade off and the parking brake set the tractor will shut the engine off. I think the lowest common denominator of end users are pretty low down the education/intelligence strata.
@docdavidb The first time I drove it and backed up I thought I bought a POS lemon that had a short related to the mechanical transmission. I was like "oh boy! This is going to be interesting!"
Dear God I know this video is very old but how do you hook the horn up to the battery? I disable all the BS safety features and have this plunger switch that I can convert hopefully to a horn. I have the horn as well
Hey Brian, I have a 2000 Toyota Rav4 (same as a Camry 4cl engine) and today when I tried to go to work it barely started. When I turned the key, there was this rapid clicking sound and the engine didn't want to turn over. The 2nd time I turned the key the engine started to turn an couple of times and then it turned on. Now, could this be due to a bad starter (clicking sound) or is this due to a bad battery?
replace that GARBAGE hydro fluid with some synthetic. Deere uses cheap tufftorq hydro on lower models...with conventional oil so it fails just out of warranty. considering the fact that you are using attachments and working that Hydro hard you really need to change that fluid out quick.
libertyfirst I swapped to a k66. Then on top of that 23 inch wheels and I got rid of the bar from the pedal to the trans and swapped it for rod ends and half inch bolts. Omg so much smoother
the craftsman safety feature requires u to turn the key back 1 notch.. also my dad mod our old one long time ago to start by... turning on headlight switch.. then turn key.. can u do video on how to do that mod? I forgot how he did this..
Lol you do not have to hold the button the whole time you reverse, dingleberry you just have to present wants to engage reverse, and then you can steer and look backwards. It’s the same for my 2022 model. My brother has the same over you have here. You just got a present for half a second and then you can move in reverse and steer. But I like the horn idea as well. I’ll have to add an extra button to add a horn.
This man is such a bold soul. These companies are shaking in their boots as they hear him say that its "not nice" pardon my french x.x
I watched this like 2-3 years ago easy and did this last winter. It’s fun to have. I installed a relay and put my f150 horn and it bolted to the same holes from the cover that the wheel sits on.
Also, you can do what I did: override seat sensor. You can get her mowing real straight and then jump off and run get another beer then jump back on. With a bit of luck, your line won't be too crooked, but after several beer runs it's going to be off anyway!
My mom wanted to keep the physical seat switch without cutting the factory wires just in case for later so she removed it and just zip tied the button down and let it dangle XD
"It's not nice" I love it, great mods thanks for sharing.
I like the horn idea. I already used the switch on the pedal to hookup a backup light.
Absolutely a great modification. I have a John Deere Sabre mower that is pretty much the same as yours and I agree: I can't figure out how the stupid button to reverse makes it safer.
@briansmobile1 Im certainly not dissing that move, it is actually pretty refreshing to watch something that doesnt have cussing every-other second. You got alot of funny stuff on here..I was searching on google for some info on fixing my mother's leaky taurus and boom-Stumbled across your videos...Good stuff man...good stuff!
Would love to see the DIY snow blower set up you did on your tractor. I want to put one on my rider and could use a couple ideas. Great mods and video!
I have an MTD... and it's a simple as pulling one wire to defeat that reverse lockout.
@bob1992c I've committed to many of my subscribers to not cuss because they watch with their kids etc. So I try to be creative.
You are the Norm Abrams of Auto fix its, great work, your Momma would be proud.
Haha that's awesome, husqvarna did a good design with having the reverse built into the ignition, you just turn the key to a second position that allows you to mow in reverse and leave it there the rest of the time. I wanna stick a horn on mine but oil pressure, oil temp, and voltage gauges are first :)
@ballershanelle It looks small, but it's a third acre of grass. Plus like you say I mow the neighbors quite often too. I identify things that I have cognitive dissonance for and then address them such that I can make them something I actually look forward to. A riding lawn mower does this for me with mowing the lawn. I also use it to move the trampoline and move the trailers to mow under them.
You don't have to hold it down, you just have to push it. More importantly, tell us about the Honda snowblower attachment and how you modified the fit.
Good use of a bad button,love the horn.
great mower bought new 2003 l110 sold it for $500 in 2017 never gave a single problem i just did maintenance once a year not 1 problem i bout freaked when fuel filter stopped up surprised me i bought the kit first 7 years then just did oil and filter kohler single was bullet proof and that safety switch did noit have to be held down push it down and release and could put both hands on steering wheel or a cold beer great mower just moved on to the zero turn commercial mower ...and when i first got my home depot jd l110 i thought u had to hold down on button button til i said this aint much of a safety feature having to hold button down so i let off button and sonofabitch it kept going backwards it was awesome!!! lol
Thumbs up for the mod, 2 thumbs up and high five for the Ron Paul yard sign!
Dude, awesome Subaru Outback! Oh, and by the way, you have so eloquently showed how stupid and dangerous some of these "Safety" features are that they have put on lawn mowers over the years. Not only are they stupid, they make the equipment totally unusable. At least my Cub has a setting on the key switch to allow backing up with the mower running, but it still has other annoying "Safety" features. Love the new horn. Keep on modding.
Another great video, I need to figure out how to do this mod on my Cub Cadet. Come to think of it...I've also got an old "aoogah" horn in my barn someplace. Hmmm, my neighbors are gonna love this. lol
Liked just for the updated horn. Great mod!
If you open hood and look at the lever that engages the blades there is a simple switch that opens when the blades are engaged. I simply used a zip tie to keep it closed.
@ndchevy I kept the yellow one because it's momentary. It would be best in the center of the steering wheel, bu then I'd have to mount a clock spring from an air bag and I'd rather go fly my helicopter to hunt or something else.
Good ol big brother...did this to my Troy built pos years ago
By accident I found if you push the button for reverse and start moving you can release the button and it keeps the blades going while you reverse hands free. Though I like your mod better just a tip for those who dont know.
Thanks for looking out for us David!
It is also written in the owner's manual - but who has time to read that thing?
@@denali9449 Me that's for sure! Thanks.
Brian you make the best videos haha. I gasped when you said it wasn't nice! :p
Excellent idea and upgrade Brian.
ive found on my tractor that if you hold the button start going in reverse you can let go of the button.
Yep that's what I do hold, reverse and release. Then try twist my neck like an owl to my hearts content for as long as I want!
Yep that's what I said and it works on that mower as well
Yeah but you can hook up a horn tho! I’m gonna hook up a train horn 🤣
Lol I love riding mower mods!!! Loving the Aaaahhhuuuuggggaaaa!
@goodbro I've done SO MANY different ones (by customer demand) They all proved to create hazardous waste and didn't improve mileage. The BEST way to improve mileage is to get gas to vaporize better through charcoal canister trays and high vacuum/heat and trapping liquid to stay in the tank. Check out Tom Ogle on Google. There's also the Fish and Pogue carburetor designs.
I did the Oogah horn conversion too.
the safety reverse button on a JD 170 you only have to hold it for the 1st second in reverse and then it's in "safety mode" for as long as you are backing up and it's mounted a little higher which makes multi-tasking a little easier. guess they didn't think about that with the smaller model
I'm high fiving u all the way, as I'm looking out over acreage that the parents have continued to expand but I have to move piles, deweed, deforest and mow it. This country girl Luvs your videos
Good vid. And love the horn
Dude you are tooting your own horn! 👍😃
Husqvarna comes with an option on the Factory Ignition Key. You have two positions on the Starter Key...Run or Run in Reverse......So I've never had to deal with your issue.
Jeffrey dontyouwish mines the same I like how you can turn the key for reverse I still forget and about kill it the first time I go in reverse lol
Love that horn. Yeah, I hate all the"safetys" too
This stock function has actually been malfunctioning and pissing off my mom. She runs a D100 John Deere with these same features and she will love to see this.
I'm goin Road Runner horn. Thanks for the idea
I have the same mower. That safety feature is not an issue. I don't think you realize that you don't have to push and hold that button the whole time while the blades are engaged. You just have to push it initially when you first go to back up and then release it and keep backing up with the blades engaged. Then you can do all of your twisting and turning around without having to worry about a safety feature being a nuisance. I personally never look back when my blades are engaged. I just run over everything. No twisting and turning needed. Yes, I am being serious.
My 1999 Murray Hooptie mower goes in reverse with blades engaged just fine. I can't imagine one that doesn't. Then again, most of the safety switches on mine have been removed and thrown away.
my 96 murray does the same thing.
IM FILING A "NOT NICE "LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU...I DEFEATED MY REVERSE LOCKOUT AND IT CAUSE ME TO BE DONE MOWING SOONER AND I HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH THE WIFE NOW!.....YOU ARE GOING TO PAY MISTER!
@MisterMattyMo You know of all people who're honest in behavior etc? You know who's true to themselves? Kids who are 3-4 years old and can talk but aren't socially programmed/domesticated/cultured yet. They say and do whatever the heck they want. I love it. And you know what their best compliment is? They're nice. You know what the worst and most slanderous insult? Not nice! lol Kids.... love em.
Subaru Horns are louder! I dont like working on riders but seriously,I started working on them a while ago and craftsman sucks. They keep me in hobby money. I saw where grandpa ran over the kiddy playhouse chopping his grandkids leg off. Best bet is to never mow around or over kids toys,or allow them to ride anywhere other than in a cart WITHOUT actually mowing anything. Make sure JR is inside with Grandma,always.
:) I love the "That's not nice.",vulgarity is so savage (especially heard coming from the mouth of your child,lol or anyone's child for that matter). Great vid, (as I've had the same problem) thanks for sharing.
How can you be so smart and John Deere so stupid. great idea.............Amen brother
i agree man!
Unfortunately it's becoming common practice (with product progression, :'( just like newer vehicles.),not only johndoe is doing this (troybuilt and Mu'rah also use safeties that "Aren't nice".
Craftsman made it easy - both the seat switch and the reverse switch go through one connector that is easily visible on the side of the tractor. Unplug it and there are no more nannies.
Good to know! Also make sure you leave that seat switch in-tact if you mow hills etc.
NICE!!!!by the way why people apologize for using caps lock, isnt it there to state a point???
@ballershanelle Thanks! Glad you like em. : )
I’m killing my reverse button this weekend... now I freaking gotta get a horn!!!!
If a guy can't have a muscle car, ho ought to have at least a nice lawn tractor. Maybe if you're real lucky a sub compact tractor!
John Deere usually does things right, but that one is a head-scratcher. Are the blades automatically shut off when you get up off the seat and forget to turn the PTO off? I assume that strange feature was born out of litigation. At least they made it easy to disable.
Hey bud you dont have to hold the button down while backing up you just push it and hit reverse and until you let off the reverse peddle it still mowes in reverse just a little fyi I also have the very same mower 110 John deer
Love your vids man, i've got a John Deere L111 with the same back up safety button. i don't have to hold mine down tho..still annoying and a horn would be fun:) just finnished changing the head gaskets on my subaru impreza(thanks to your videos) keep em coming!
My mower doesn't really have parts for it anymore, and when you find something it's just too much (like the starter), so we just use our cordless drill starter lol.
Sounds pretty hard core.
back in the day we didnt have saftey switches on mowers....i cut my teeth on an old sears 10-36 with an old tejunkseh engine.......every mfg utilizes some sort of anti reverse switch.......my fix is buy a zero turn lol!
Do you have a better video showing what wire went where on the switch? I've tried multiple ways and only get sparks and smoke.
This is a problem that definitely needs to be addressed however connecting the wires this way is not the greatest idea because their are relays that are temporarily engaged when the button is pressed and they are not designed to be on all the time. When you connect those wires the relays are constantly running. Eventually it will cause issues with the electrical system, seen it time and time again. They need to have a multi position key switch like most mowers now days but John Deere has to over engineer everything.
The best advice is to do everything "REAL" slow and just move short distances, stop and look around, then go another short distance until you are finished. All's it takes is one malfunction and you are 'HAMBURGER' ! ! !
@epiphaknee Some times big successful companies like John Deere become targets for lawsuits by entitlement lawsuit types. Farming of all professions is one of the more dangerous jobs in the world. When you look in medical books there's no shortage of PTO related injuries in the illustrations. If you don't have the blade off and the parking brake set the tractor will shut the engine off. I think the lowest common denominator of end users are pretty low down the education/intelligence strata.
You've got to reduce that horn down to 6 volts so that it will sound like it's supposed to.
Ha ha! Buddy knows!
@docdavidb The first time I drove it and backed up I thought I bought a POS lemon that had a short related to the mechanical transmission. I was like "oh boy! This is going to be interesting!"
Very cool!
Hi buddy,do u know how to reset services reminder.i cant stop it from blinking.
Turn the key to left but right of stop then it will mow in reverse and forward
Backup Cameras!!!
"that's not nice"
Too funny.
I bet the people next door love you
Dear God I know this video is very old but how do you hook the horn up to the battery? I disable all the BS safety features and have this plunger switch that I can convert hopefully to a horn. I have the horn as well
Hey Brian, I have a 2000 Toyota Rav4 (same as a Camry 4cl engine) and today when I tried to go to work it barely started. When I turned the key, there was this rapid clicking sound and the engine didn't want to turn over. The 2nd time I turned the key the engine started to turn an couple of times and then it turned on.
Now, could this be due to a bad starter (clicking sound) or is this due to a bad battery?
replace that GARBAGE hydro fluid with some synthetic. Deere uses cheap tufftorq hydro on lower models...with conventional oil so it fails just out of warranty. considering the fact that you are using attachments and working that Hydro hard you really need to change that fluid out quick.
libertyfirst I swapped to a k66. Then on top of that 23 inch wheels and I got rid of the bar from the pedal to the trans and swapped it for rod ends and half inch bolts. Omg so much smoother
Does a Craftsman use good tufftorq trans axels
Like your horn but if I had one it would sound like a fog horn.
Ron Milne like Spongebobs alarm clock, LMAO...
that jon deer looks just like a cub cadet except for the horn button
Hey man I was wondering did you have to put a relay?
@transdetendal Who knows?
I think you're right...that backup button was probably part of a settlement agreement from some lamebrain lawsuit.
I'd love to have a truck air horn on that thing LOL
@icandoit20 Way to go! Will do.
😂 he said that safety feature is not nice 😂😂😂😂
Klaxxon horn got one on the old truck
@bob1992c Thanks ; )
@JRobert111111 Thanks
@jthulan It's pretty fun stuff!
Twice last year I heard stories in the news of fellas backing over toddlers with the blades spinning. Don't bypass this feature, stuff happens.
You can let go of the button after and will still run
Thanks for looking out for us!
@Snickezboy789 Thanks man
You better watch it the John Deere police might come after you.
I did the samething about 2 years ago to my tractor
So true
@backwoodsctryboy Tejunkseh lol.
@briansmobile1 hey brian i think i got the oilfilter upload to work, how was it i linked it to you as a answer vid?
Hey man you need a zero turn, and get rid of that thing with the six-month transmission.
Was that Forrest Gump or Bobby Boucher?
@transdetendal HECK YES!!! AND EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!! = )
Easy fix.....Zero turn;)
@beefystik LOL sorry man ; )
Too many many lawyer switches on a mower. I unhooked all mine and now it's a useful mower
Great name for them. Tort law is beyond crazy these days!
the craftsman safety feature requires u to turn the key back 1 notch.. also my dad mod our old one long time ago to start by... turning on headlight switch.. then turn key.. can u do video on how to do that mod? I forgot how he did this..
Lol you do not have to hold the button the whole time you reverse, dingleberry you just have to present wants to engage reverse, and then you can steer and look backwards. It’s the same for my 2022 model. My brother has the same over you have here. You just got a present for half a second and then you can move in reverse and steer. But I like the horn idea as well. I’ll have to add an extra button to add a horn.
id get a $20 eBay air horn on it.