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    Jump starting an under-seat battery?

    I tried it today and it cranks with the parking brake engaged and the seat flipped up. If I ever need to jump it now I know what to do. Thanks to everyone.
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    Jump starting an under-seat battery?

    It’s a Craftsman made by Husqvarna.
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    Jump starting an under-seat battery?

    No, I didn't, but I will now. My only question would be if it bypasses the start circuit as well as the run circuit. It would be easy enough to find out.
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    Jump starting an under-seat battery?

    One of my mowers has the battery under the seat and has a safety switch that requires the seat to be down and depressed before it will start. With someone in the seat I can't see any way that a set of jumper cables would fit under there without running the very real risk of grounding the +...
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    Craftsman T240 starting issue

    Have you actually verified that the new battery is functional and capable of delivering enough current to turn the starter?
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    Craftsman T240 starting issue

    If it starts with a jump using the same wires that are hooked to the battery then logically it follows that the wiring is functional. That leaves the battery as the only variable that could be defective. It's not impossible that a new battery is defective. Also, if the dealer can't figure out...
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    Craftsman T240 starting issue

    Have you verified the condition of the new battery with a load tester?
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    Craftsman T240 starting issue

    Then the problem is the battery. Probably an internal short and it's completely dead.
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    Craftsman T240 starting issue

    Actually if the engine has a compression release it makes a huge difference. My B&S became harder and harder to crank over the years, up to the point I had to spin the flywheel before it would crank. When I adjusted the valves it cranked like it was new. If there’s enough slack in the lifters...
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    Craftsman T240 starting issue

    Just to clarify: when you say it starts when you jump it are you connecting the jumper cables directly to the battery terminals? If you are and it starts then this means all the wiring from the battery to the starter is still functional. That makes me think the mower battery is bad, or the...
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    I played an unfortunate April Fool’s joke on my Briggs V-Twin.

    It started right up and the ammeter indicates it's charging. I guess the Lord really does look out for fools.
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    I played an unfortunate April Fool’s joke on my Briggs V-Twin.

    I stored the battery on a tender over the winter. When I went to install it tonight I reversed the polarity. Don’t ask me how I did something so boneheaded, it’s too stupid and embarrassing to recount. It was getting dark so I just disconnected it and didn’t reinstall. I’ll do that tomorrow...
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    I played an unfortunate April Fool’s joke on my Briggs V-Twin.

    I stored the battery on a tender over the winter. When I went to install it tonight I reversed the polarity. Don’t ask me how I did something so boneheaded, it’s too stupid and embarrassing to recount. It was getting dark so I just disconnected it and didn’t reinstall. I’ll do that tomorrow...
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    A decade ago I saw a yellow plastic gallon jug of emergency fuel in Walmart that you were...

    A decade ago I saw a yellow plastic gallon jug of emergency fuel in Walmart that you were supposed to be able to store safely in your vehicle. The instructions said to pour it in before the engine cooled off and use it to drive to the nearest gas station. I saw it again a few months later in the...
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    Convert GAS Briggs V-Twin to DIESEL?

    B&S used to publish info on how to run their small engines on kerosene. IIRC you were supposed to stack a second head gasket onto the first for some reason, then install a second fuel tank with a selector switch. You start the engine on gasoline and once it's warm you flip the fuel switch and...
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