Briggs v twin weird starting issue

[pickeringchris]

Unreal! Do me a favor, try this: Take a good heavy duty pair of jumper cables and hook them to the battery, but leave the other ends open. Now try to start. If no start clip the other end to your volt meter and try to start. If it starts without the volt meter it's a bad connection at or INSIDE the battery. If it starts with the meter... You must have one mean battery in that volt meter! My idea here is to isolate the problem by not moving the cables at the battery. I am curious if you hooked the VM to the eng. block and positive at the solenoid, would it start. You will need someone to help cause your VM doesn't have clips. I love these kind of problems and will be going over it all day in my head. Check you back later. 445A

Thanks so much for your help so far. I was up till 2am trying to figure this out but didn't get any further. Today Im working on something then going away for the weekend. I may not get back to it until monday. I can tell you one thing, it's eating me up inside. Lol

 

[quicksandfarmer]

What happens if you leave the probes from the voltmeter attached but disconnect them at the voltmeter?

What happens if only one probe is attached?

Watching your video, I still think it is the physical action of the VM probes against the battery terminals.

 

[bindian]

The battery alone does not have enough amps to engage the solenoid. The meter gives it enough thru the meter's battery. Change the solenoid or change the battery. I think you got a battery going bad. Try a different battery.
hugs, Brandi

 

[445A]

I forgot to put a:laughing: at the end of this statement. " you must have one mean battery in that volt meter"! I really don't believe any VM can supply enough amps to make a difference. I really do want to get to the root of this problem. 445A

 

[kc5dlo]

My guess is a badd connection also. Not the terminal to battery but the wire cable to terminal. Corrosion in the wire at the terminal.

 

[445A]

Pickeringchris: Well here it is almost a month later, so what have you found? Hope to hear back from you! 445A

 

[CobyRupert]

Pickeringchris: Well here it is almost a month later, so what have you found? Hope to hear back from you! 445A

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[murphy1244]

I think he has been kidnapped by the pallet people. Last post was 10-10-2014