trouble with riding lawn mower?please help?

i have a 1998 murray 40 inch cut riding lawn mower.where is the alternator at or sapost to be at on my riding lawn mower i can't find it?it might be hidden under a panal or some thing?i have trouble with my mower when i turn the lights on,(the engine shuts off) but the lights stay on?so i can't drive it with the lights on.if the alternator was working the engine would stay on with the lights on.i move a lot off stuff,lawn stuff and garage tools with my mower and trailer at night.i live on a farm,but i work as a tree trimmer not a farmer.also the starter switch is not working and the red wire wire melted i had to disconect the battery to get the starter to stop lol.i just been jump starting the mower.i was going to buy a new alternator for my riding mower but i can't find the old one?where is it at?please help ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ is it ok to use synthetic 5w-30 motor oil on my echo chainsaw in stead of bar oil?
that is the only motor oil i got right now and i have to cut down (12) 10 or 12 inch inch trees tomorrow.thay are in my back yard.
one of my riding mower tires gots a slow leak.will tire slime fix it?how do you use tire slime?do i have to take all the air out and take the tire off the rim to put it on?

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2 Responses to “trouble with riding lawn mower?please help?”
  1. graysmallengine says:
    July 26, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    i am not excatly sure to much about Murray Riding mowers i work on Johndeere and cub cadet but on both of those they are around the fly wheel. …and about the chainsaw . i have had 2 or 3 saws come in to my shop with scorched blade. and that was from not using lubrication. any oil will basically work just the thicker kind. u should be alright there..

  2. renpen says:
    July 26, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    The alternator is under the flywheel. It sounds more like you have a wiring problem. The reason the starter kept running is that the solenoid stuck. On most of these mowers the lights only come on when the engine is running. I think that you need a wiring diagram and get the wiring back the way it was meant to be.


 
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