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Re: 14.5 horse Briggs Stratton electrical/starter
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Posted by Slowpoke on October 14, 2003 at 00:12:33 from (67.30.97.45):
In Reply to: 14.5 horse Briggs Stratton electrical/starter - H posted by Tplace on October 12, 2003 at 14:48:20:
I had the same problem with my van recently, 20 miles from nowhere. I was unloading a 1500 gal tank from a trailer after a 100 mile trip and made several starts and stops in the process of unloading.
Then nothing, no gauges, no power, no clicking of solenoid. The battery read 12v. We jumped it and it barely clicked and finally started. Sounded like it was killing the jump battery. I let it idle 30 minutes, started off and the motor quit. We jumped it again with a different vehicle with the same draining of power from the jump battery, and it finally cranked and started.
I made it 100 miles to home and stopped the engine. The battery read 12v on a meter.
I thought it was a hot shorted starter or solenoid, so in the morning I tried again and got nothing. Jumped it and no change. I replaced the starter and solenoid. One battery-no gauges or cranking. Double batteries-no gauges or cranking. As a last resort, I connected a new garden tractor battery to the other two. The engine started instantly. I remover the original battery and put in the small garden tractor battery. Problem gone!!! Drove around on the tractor battery two days, everything ok.
I put in a new battery and had no more problems.
I figure that the old (6-1/2 years) battery had a heart attack (short) and died within 5 minutes of the last use. That's why it was dragging down other older batteries. It never gave any indication of failing.
Try a known good battery before buying a starter.
Don't jump it, remove the old battery first.
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