My craftsman riding mower will not attempt to crank.
Convinced myself it was the starter but a new one made no difference.
What is puzzling is that when I hook up a voltmeter to the battery and try to start, the voltage across the battery drops to about 5 volt from a non start value of about 12.5v, which seems to indicate current flowing somewhwere but the starter motor does not turn over.
The battery is fairly new and holds its charge well stays at 12.4v to 13.2v forever, it's only about 1 year old.
Convinced myself it was the starter but a new one made no difference.
What is puzzling is that when I hook up a voltmeter to the battery and try to start, the voltage across the battery drops to about 5 volt from a non start value of about 12.5v, which seems to indicate current flowing somewhwere but the starter motor does not turn over.
The battery is fairly new and holds its charge well stays at 12.4v to 13.2v forever, it's only about 1 year old.