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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 5475" data-attributes="member: 307">One to 1  1/2 minutes is along time to crank a engine trying to start it. (unless of course your having trouble with it).If you battery turns it good for the first 3 or 4        15 second long start attemps I'd say its fine. Can you get a running vehicle up next to it to boost it instead of your battery charger. That will help turn it over faster.You need to check for spark, I can't see how the fan belts could cause the no start problem.Are you certain the plug wires are in the correct order? You need to find your cylinder firing order (usually cast onto the top of the engine somewhere) and the timing  mark on the harmonic balancer.  If then engine turns over at a  reasonable pace, and you have gas it should start, The coughing and any backfiring out carb or exhaust is a sign of mixed up plug wires.Perhaps you could up load a few photos of you engine into the media  folder, if its water cooled it must have some frost plugs somewhere, the mfg needs that to cast the blockKen</blockquote>