hi everyone,
I'm new to this form so please go easy on me
I got an old "Murray" lawn tractor that was sitting outside for 3 years for free as a project. the engine looks perfect and has great compression. it has an electric start and the solenoid doesn't click at all.. so after ages of looking for all the safety switches (break, disengage blades, sit on seat) it still doesn't work... so I went to jump the terminals but they where rusty and it was in a tight spot so i took the starter wire off the terminal and put it straight to the battery terminal on the solenoid. there was sparks, a click and a hmmmm but no starting. then a little bit of what can only be described as smoke from the battery which got me worried. any ideas what could be wrong?
and its a hydrostatic automatic so it cant be push/tow started.
any advice will be worshipped
I'm new to this form so please go easy on me
I got an old "Murray" lawn tractor that was sitting outside for 3 years for free as a project. the engine looks perfect and has great compression. it has an electric start and the solenoid doesn't click at all.. so after ages of looking for all the safety switches (break, disengage blades, sit on seat) it still doesn't work... so I went to jump the terminals but they where rusty and it was in a tight spot so i took the starter wire off the terminal and put it straight to the battery terminal on the solenoid. there was sparks, a click and a hmmmm but no starting. then a little bit of what can only be described as smoke from the battery which got me worried. any ideas what could be wrong?
and its a hydrostatic automatic so it cant be push/tow started.
any advice will be worshipped