Starter problems

[KatieL3710hst]

After changing hydraulic fluid in and filters it started up four or five times then sat for about 10 minutes then when I went to start it it would just click and the lights would go out I thought it was the battery so I got a new battery installed same problem so I don’t think it was the battery. Any advice would be very much appreciated

les

 

[Ed ke6bnl]

You need to check all battery connections, ideally do a voltage drop test accross the wires to see where the voltage is lost.

 

[/pine]

Especially look at the ground wire for the battery where it connects to the frame...it can look OK but still not making a good connection...

 

[Garman906]

Either a bad (dirty) battery connection or cable connection or maybe even a bad cable. Mine does that when the terminals get dirty.

 

[rbargeron]

To quickly test either of the big cables, connect a regular jumper cable in parallel around it.

 

[diesel85]

You can also use a DMM to check the impedance of your wiring. Especially your grounds.

 

[nybirdman]

Just went thru the same on a friend's L4740,after a new(2) starters it was a bad ground.