The engine kill switch is under the seat.
There are dozens of different models of Craftsman riding mowers, with a different answer for each. You need to get the owner's manual for YOUR mower (you can get it on-line for free) and read the manual.
The kill switch is typically the ignition key. Depending on the mower it could also be a red push button labelled "emergency stop"
Push mowers have kill switches that are on the handle and kill the engine if you let go and riding mowers sometimes have kill switches under the seat to kill it if the rider gets off the mower.
If the mower has a shift knob control for "Start" "Run" and 'Stop', the kill switch will be on the end of the cable that leads to the throttle bracket. If the mower has the safety handle that shuts off the mower when it is not depressed, the kill switch will be at the end of the cable that leads from the handle to the engine. If the mower is operated with an on-off ignition switch, the kill switch wire will be spliced to the switch "off" wire some where between the throttle cable and the switch.
The kill switch wire is broken or has come loose. If it is a push mower, look at the end of the throttle cable where it touches ground when the lever is in the OFF position. If it is a riding lawn mower, follow the wires from the ignition switch, you will find a disconnection someplace near ground (by the throttle cable bracket on my rider).
If it's the metal bar near the spark plug that you push towards the plug to kill it, all it does is ground out the plug, making it not spark. That bar is connected to the frame of the mower ie grounded which in turn grounds out the plug and wire
cut the 2 wires under the seat and twist them together and wrap some wire around the switch to hold it down.if its a ground kill system just unplug it under the seat try that first.
Let it run out of gas. or put a kill switch coming from the condenser and ground it to the body of the lawnmower.......the contact with the frame should ground out the motor thus killing the motor
There is a loose wire between the switch and where the wire connects to the kill switch. On my Murray, the wire from the switch meets a wire that comes from under the cover where the spark plug fits. They connect together at the throttle control bracket. You might want to check the entire length of the wire(s).
start bypassing the safety kill switches< or check they are working with an ohm meter
There is a yellow wire under the seat on my 14.5 HP Murray 42'' deck mower, and plug it in or don't that's where all killswitches are on a Murray lawnmower and pretty sure they still are today.
Yes, but it does not make sense how a small lawn mower could kill a huge Zomboni.