Recent content by Jon@HannenFamilyFarm

Thank you to everyone for your help. It is now up and running as it should be... For future reference, ALWAYS CHECK YOUR CONNECTIONS! (and I open myself up to public ridicule, it is well deserved) Long story short, it ended up being the new ground terminal on battery that was not clean (had...

Fuddy1952, thank you very much for your time and help. I greatly appreciate it. I will give it a go in the morning.

1) meter across battery, should be about 12.5 volts. ___12.78 2) meter across battery in crank position. __12.75 3) leave meter -- negative lead on battery. Positive lead on starter case. Should be zero volts, off & cranking. off 0 crank 0 4) now meter positive + lead on battery positive +...

Have done this as well during all of the trouble shooting. I currently have a direct cable from the battery + to the starter lug and a 20 amp push button starter switch wired direct from battery + through switch to solenoid bypassing all of the factory electrical and safety. Thank you for...

I thought that too. Replaced them already, no luck. Checked all fuses and replaced both fuseable links. Thank you for your help.

I'll check that out to see. I did try to jump negative from the battery to the starter housing with no luck, but something has to be creating a short to ground and robbing all the power. Thank you

I have a Branson 3120R that I thought was having starter issues. Bought it used, had a few hammer marks on the starter from previous owner. Everything worked well for quite a while but then one day I shut if off and it would not restart. Lights on dash would come on with key in "on" position...