That relay is likely tied in between the safety and a leg on the PTO switch I'd think. I've never replaced one, and I suppose I could dig and see if I have a schematic if you need to know. The engine is likely not starting for one of two reasons. No spark or the fuel solenoid under the carb isn't activating. I remember only one fuse on these -correct? So, verify spark. There could be a ground in the wire that heads under the shroud to kill the coil. You could for test purposes pull that wire from the coil and try again.I would think it is a possibility that power into the coil could have fried the cd in the coil. Plan on picking up a relay- they must be cheap. So if your version has the 3 terminal regulator, the 2 outside put AC in from the stator and Dc out the center. If it isn't making it's way to the battery, the first thing I look for on this vintage Deere is follow the wiring . Many times in the lower part of the loom behind the engine you will find trouble- or even rusty terminals on the switch on some

Did you hear the screeching of breaks? Fatal information was finally discovered, sufficient to bring this whole experiment to a screeching halt... After 9-11 (whether this actually had anything to do with it or not, the change occurred after 9-11), our government determined that plant imports MUST be walked through the process, instead of permitting them to simply flow through the mail and filter through as has been the traditional case. Yes, you CAN walk them through yourself...IF your point of entry and inspection station permit it. My POE and inspection station are LAX which is too large, too busy, too "high security" and this requires I hire an expeditor. That is usually a USDA employee, who hand carries my order through the process. Cliff Orent shared with me the charges for one order he received back in 2007, the only information he had readily available at the moment. Remember, these are in addition to the actual cost of the plants and the cost of future inspections. Overtime Customs Clearance $185 USDA Services $204 (they must walk the plants to inspection and back, which you used to be able to do yourself) Single Entry Bond $85 Duty and Taxes $25 Carrier Certificate $30 Import Delivery $122.29 Messenger Fee $40 Total Charge $691.29. For a nursery importing several hundred plants, this might be a cost more easily absorbed. Unfortunately, they don't drop dramatically for shipments of just a few plants. The final nail in the coffin is the more recently imposed size restriction. I imagine it was in an effort to reduce the potential for importing borers, but about a year and a half ago, the USDA changed the standard for the size of material they will permit to enter the US. No rose material greater than 10 mm diameter (that's .394 inches thick) will be permitted entry. That pretty much limits anything brought in to small rooted cuttings and bud wood. Most nurseries overseas bud their plants. It would be hit and miss finding even a one year, rooted stock of that gauge. A two year, budded plant where the THICKEST portion of the plant (including the bud union) doesn't exceed .394" in diameter would have usually been considered a cull. Even for stentlings, the stock is usually 4 to 10 mm before grafting. The gauge for a two year old product is most often much thicker than that. I suppose if your situation permits you to receive the small, thin dormant plants and bring them out of dormancy under greenhouse or shade house conditions, this could work. My situation doesn't. My quarantine area, required by Federal Law to be a minimum of 10' from anything in the Genus Rosa, must be nearly twenty feet down slope from the planted rose area where I can create a pad to hold fifteen gallon cans in which to plant, grow and hold the imports until released from quarantine. There is no way anything of a 10 mm gauge could be expected to successfully break dormancy and survive in the conditions experienced on that slope. A very frustrating facet of this experiment is digging out the information required to successfully accomplish it. The only way to discover all the pitfalls is to ask those who have experienced them personally. No one I have been able to speak with at the USDA nor my local County Ag Station nor the "wonderful" USDA web site either know these issues or are able to point you in the direction to find them out. Ironically, I received a call from my inspector yesterday. We'd missed my initialing one of the boxes on the paperwork. She could be here in twenty minutes. I thanked her and let her know what I'd discovered. She seemed horrified as she had no knowledge of any of it. Importing isn't impossible, but it certainly is tremendously more expensive and fraught with many more restrictions than it has been in the past. If you live near a less restrictive POE and inspection station; have a sufficiently deep checking account to permit some rather hefty expenses to enable your hobby, and can commit suitable conditions and space for small pieces of plants for the required two years, you may still bring in stentlings, cuttings and bud wood. I think for most of us (definitely me), this will prevent entertaining what used to be a rather fun rose adventure. Yes, Michael, it does appear the restrictions are in reverse as we seem to have more than our share of pests. For colder climate nurseries, this apparently isn't a worry, as they feel their climates kill off most serious pests. I've been rather surprised how unimportant the virus issue is to several I've had contact with. It has ranged from total oblivion about it to simply not caring as they've felt if there was infection, the plants would simply die out and the only "spread" would be within the specific cultivar through propagation. Of course, for more Mediterranean climate types, there should be greater restrictions and worry because the climate would encourage spread and faster infestation. Kim

Here is the way you need to think about it, if you really want a certain brug, say 1 cutting, and they want $10 to ship, you have to decide is it worth it to you. If it's not, forget it and move on. Sometimes $10 for 1 is a deal, other times it's not !! Just depends on how bad you want it. Smokymist, I did see the post in " list your wants part 2", and I agree with you. There was a person that complained about someone wanting $10 to ship 2 cuttings. Then they turned around and did basically the same thing. I think most of the forum readers missed that post. I send either free or charge the exact postage. But that is just me. I will say this, unless you have sent out tons of cuttings, you can't imagine what a pain it is. I sent out 4-5 boxes on Monday, and it took me all day. I really liked the people I was sending to, so it was worth the effort on my part. If a total stranger is sending you cuttings, that is another story. They spend money on paper towels, baggies, go cut them, wrap them up, box them up, get the address correct, go to the post office, then pray that they get their postage back ... LOL This is just my thoughts.

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