I have an older (mid 90s) mtd i believe. There is no identification on the mower. Someone painted the tractor. The hood says limited edition 17 hp vanguard. When i try to start it the mower clicks once. The battery is new, and i have cleaned all cable ends and cleaned the solenoid terminals and still only clicks once. Was starting and then all of a sudden started doing this. Any ideas what it could be. tryed jumping a wire from small terminal on solenoid to the starter directly but it just blew the fuse. when i connect a jumper cable directly to starter it turns over. Any thoughts.
Engine clicks once and wont start
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Just for fun hook jumper cables from your truck battery to you mower battery and see if it will start. I know you said battery is new but don't mean it's good
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sounds like its the solenoid . i know of two things you can do. first you can take a long screw driver and cross the post of the solenoid if it turns over then it means the solenoid is bad . you can also try jumping it from the starter and if the starter turns over then you know its not the starter that is faulty
sounds like its the solenoid . i know of two things you can do. first you can take a long screw driver and cross the post of the solenoid if it turns over then it means the solenoid is bad . you can also try jumping it from the starter and if the starter turns over then you know its not the starter that is faulty
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Definitely sounds like solenoid. Clicking just means the mechanical aspect of the solenoid is working but the plates internally are likely corroded/dirty and not letting power (or enough) power through. The little terminal on the typical MTD solenoids is for the 12v trigger (connects the battery to the solenoid through the key & all the safety switches), not the main power lead for the battery. If you short the two large poles on the solenoid and it turns over then you know 100% that it's the solenoid. But, if you just attach a battery to the starter directly, you could still have wire issues.