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Hello guys & gals,
I'm brand new here and I need some help. Please forgive me if this topic has been covered already I did not have the time to read through past threads and posts. I have a John Deere L100 garden tractor not sure how old. Has a 17 hp Brigs & Stratton engine. Not sure if this is related but a few weeks back when we had our first chilly night here in Arizona I went out to start the mower and it turned over very slow and could not start. My first thought was battery so I took it down to local store battery tested bad so I replaced it. After that mower started up on the day I installed new battery. I came back out to start the mower again a few days later and it would not start again. So I jumped the battery with my truck 12 volts and it started up. I let it run for a few shut it off and tried to restart and it did just fine. Again a few days later same problem manifested itself again and it would not start. Luckily I bought an extra mower same make and model for parts. To be honest I kind of was shooting from the hip and swapped out the starters thinking maybe that was my problem but that dint make that big of a difference however it cranks over much easier after that for maybe one or two revolutions but then just runs out of juice as if battery is dead. She will start up every time when trying to jump with cables. Also after about two revolutions when trying to start with out battery jumped sounds like flywheel kind of stops and then will spin very slowly but not for very long maybe not even a full turn just sounds like its out of juice again. I'm not sure what I should do now I can get out my voltmeter and start a more methodical troubleshooting plan but I need someone to point me the right direction. I hope I have given enough detail here if not please advise. Thank you for your time and any help you can offer. Phil
I'm brand new here and I need some help. Please forgive me if this topic has been covered already I did not have the time to read through past threads and posts. I have a John Deere L100 garden tractor not sure how old. Has a 17 hp Brigs & Stratton engine. Not sure if this is related but a few weeks back when we had our first chilly night here in Arizona I went out to start the mower and it turned over very slow and could not start. My first thought was battery so I took it down to local store battery tested bad so I replaced it. After that mower started up on the day I installed new battery. I came back out to start the mower again a few days later and it would not start again. So I jumped the battery with my truck 12 volts and it started up. I let it run for a few shut it off and tried to restart and it did just fine. Again a few days later same problem manifested itself again and it would not start. Luckily I bought an extra mower same make and model for parts. To be honest I kind of was shooting from the hip and swapped out the starters thinking maybe that was my problem but that dint make that big of a difference however it cranks over much easier after that for maybe one or two revolutions but then just runs out of juice as if battery is dead. She will start up every time when trying to jump with cables. Also after about two revolutions when trying to start with out battery jumped sounds like flywheel kind of stops and then will spin very slowly but not for very long maybe not even a full turn just sounds like its out of juice again. I'm not sure what I should do now I can get out my voltmeter and start a more methodical troubleshooting plan but I need someone to point me the right direction. I hope I have given enough detail here if not please advise. Thank you for your time and any help you can offer. Phil
