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Re: Safety switch suggestion
We may not know anything about riding mowers, but we are refrigeration technicians, and we know more about problem solving than any other mechanical/electrical occupation combined, and we just love to solve problems
So I have spent the last few hours googling the electrical diagrams for the "John Deere GX345" and anything that can be called a "safety switch" that I can find is the "operator presence switch" that is under the seat.
These can be bought through E-bay for cheap:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Deere-...EAAOSwAtlawkJ7
https://www.ebay.com/itm/John-Deere-...kAAOSwft9awkLm
There are also numerous youtube videoes showing how to disable it.
But to answer dannyr's original question, if it is the seat switch that is the problem, any ON/OFF switch would work, and if you are going to replace a faulty "operator present" switch, I don't think the switch you mentioned would work, as it's a proximity switch, and as long as the seat is down, it will say that everything is ok.
The "operator present switch" says that "operator is sitting in the seat" so, I would go for OEM parts on this one-Cheers-
Tycho