Sorry so late Nappy, I was at the new Chiropractor yesterday morning getting a complete exam + adjustment, then groc shopping on the way back, then the afternoon went crazy from there... This morning I went for my license renewal and the eye machine tester was wacky so now I have to get an eye exam in Frankfort Thursday morning. It's the earliest I could find before my license expires...
If you can choke it a little and the surge goes away it's a fuel problem. 9 times out of 10 it's the carb. If you put a new made in China carb on it it can still be a carb issue, just a bad part. That's why I quit the auto repair business...
Charging system has a fuse. It's most likely the engine wiring connector burned up or fuse block. All those pain in the butt problems I tell everyone will happen after buying those tractors. It's never a question of will it happen, just a matter of
when it will happen lol.