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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Braido" data-source="post: 19468" data-attributes="member: 2117"><p>Thats what I thought too, but the battery was litterally brand new - not saying that it might not be bad. I took that battery off as it was only charging to 8.4 volts and not beyond, internal short. Hooked up a different battery (full charge) and when I tapped the starter it drained the batt to 60%. I ended up taking the starter off the machine - serious pain in the ***, benched it and its fried! The thing now is that when the bendix would throw, it wouldnt even so much as move the main flywheel. could be that the starter was so bad that it too would short out immediatly which was draining the battery.??? I am going to see now if I can move the flywheel by hand by turning the cam shaft at the rear of the motor....maybe try that tomorrow... there are no safetys to speak of on this thing either that would be holding it out or locking up the flywheel to the hydrolics, so I am sort of drawing at straws and playing the process of elimination game. any thoughts would be great</p></blockquote><p></p>