starter trouble

[yoman]

I have a kohler bendix drive 12volt starter its brandnew it grabes flywheel but wont turn it thanks

 

[Fish]

Well... Did you buy it from Kohler? Did you give the folks you bought it from any good info??? Can you turn the flywheel by hand? Did you ask the folks you bought the new starter about this? We all need the model/spec numbers to even to be able to start to help.....

 

[Carscw]

Is your battery good? How do you know it is?

Does it have the right gear on it? There are 3 different ones.

Is it doing the same thing the old one did ?

 

[yoman]

Well... Did you buy it from Kohler? Did you give the folks you bought it from any good info??? Can you turn the flywheel by hand? Did you ask the folks you bought the new starter about this? We all need the model/spec numbers to even to be able to start to help.....

no I ordered it online but it said it would work. I can turn flywheel. I didint ask them about it. model# 2509811s

 

[yoman]

Is your battery good? How do you know it is?

Does it have the right gear on it? There are 3 different ones.

Is it doing the same thing the old one did ?

yes battery is good had it tested. not sure about gear. doing same thing as the old one

 

[reynoldston]

Sounds like you aren't getting enough amperage to the starter. Battery, Bad wires, poor connection, bad switch or solenoid. Now I m saying amperage not voltage.

 

[Carscw]

Just for fun try using done jumper cables from the car battery to the mower battery.

 

[motoman]

Per carsw above if you have the old starter... Get a blue felt tip marker and color the drive gear teeth on both starters. Engage, remove each starter and compare. You could be jammed up if the new tooth count or profile is wrong.

 

[tomsteve]

whats the model# of the engine? its doin the same thing as the old one- did the old one ever work right? some more info on the history of the engine would be helpful.

 

[yoman]

whats the model# of the engine? its doin the same thing as the old one- did the old one ever work right? some more info on the history of the engine would be helpful.

its always worked right until about a month ago. moter is ok I can turn flywheel by hand. engine model kohler cv740