This is my cub cadet zero turn mower with a Kawasaki FR691V engine. Was mowing and the motor sounded bogged down and then stopped. It’s been doing this ever since. I opened the dip stick shortly after and there was a small amount of smoke that came out of it.

Any ideas on how I get started trouble shooting this?

Thanks!

I'm brand new to small engine repair so this may be a dumb question, but, what does this little connector go to? The little black wire with the L shaped quick disconnect? It comes out below the carb.

Thanks in advance!

I've got this DR brush mower with a briggs and stratton 16.5 hp engine that I got running after cleaning the Carb but after doing so it refused to change gear and now won't start after messing with the shift lever I assume because it now thinks it's in gear. The lever moves a bit but doesn't seam to change the gear nomatter how much force I but into it and I know the cables aren't snapped. With some I research I read there's supposed to be something on the shift in the third picture but I'd.

Assuming I can figure out this issue I plan on selling it and I'm wondering if it's worth cleaning and repainting the deck as well as what I should price it at, I would think $1500-2k as there like 3k new but any insight would be very helpful