Twin cylinder 18hp Briggs lawn mower engine will not turn over past the compression stroke. It will crank on one cylinder. Will a new starter fix it? Starter rebuild people said it was a good starter.
There was nothing wrong with the valve adjustment or the battery. Our local starter rebuild store had avaliable a heavy duty starter. We put it on and it cranks the motor easily. I believe these mowers were engineered with starters that are too weak. Thanks for the suggestions.
If you have a larger wire (4 or 6 Gage ) for the positive cable try that. Some of the tractor manufacturers used wire that was too small ( creating to much resistance ) which we have solved by installing larger wires.
