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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 19470" data-attributes="member: 307">To kill a good battery right now would result in some serious arc welding, no way that happen. Battery cables would be melting sparks flying, you'd know all about it.Bad starters can draw tremendous amounts of current, but a new battery should still have several tries in it before its down to 8 volts If the starter is fried then no matter how good your battery is it is not going to turn over.Can you get a socket on the crankshaft to verify the motor will turn over? 2 complete revolutions incase there is valve train problems. Hopefully the spun bearing is not in the motor resulting in it being seized. If you can turn the motor by hand, then ix the starter and check for draws while conecting the battery cables. Any sparks there when the key is off is a bad sign.The glow plugs would not stay stuck on do to a bad solinoid for vary long and they would all burn themselves out as they are designed to glow for @ 20 seconds at a time.Isolate the various parts of the elecrical system to narrow down where the culprit is. As the starter is bad you may already have your answer.Ken</blockquote>