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Message: <blockquote data-quote="terracefarmer" data-source="post: 90815" data-attributes="member: 13096"><p>I've had this machine for almost 7 years now, been in many shops, nobody seems to be able to fix it yet or know what's wrong with it. This skid steer has been plagued with nothing but electrical issues from the first day I bought it. What its always done is, the starter turns over slow, or sometimes not at all like its under such a load it can't turn over, in cold weather its worse, once it cranks it always starts up and runs. I've had the starter out many times over the years, usually about twice a year and have it looked at, that alone has been in many repair shops and this particular time, it got a new solenoid put on it, the brushes and rest checked out fine. About six months ago, we ended up putting on all new battery cables, new battery, not the first by any means, cleaned up all the grounds and it worked fine till it burned my solenoid so badly smoke started to come out of it. This time around we again cleaned up the connections, battery tested fine, sat for a week and still tested fine, put the starter in, hooked everything up and put the fuel filter back on and hit the starter, the engine never started, but rolled over so we attempted to bleed the fuel line and get the air out. Hit the switch the second time and the starter slowed up cranking, then speeded back up, stopped altogether and then started back up again, and then went from slow to normal cranking back and forth constantly changing cranking speed while cranking. Then it wouldn't stop cranking, after the switch was turned off, so I pulled the small wire off the solenoid and it kept cranking, tried to unhook the battery and it melted both terminals off the battery before I got it unhooked. I'm thinking a short somewhere?? The speeding up and slowing down of the cranking speed is a new one, same for the locked on solenoid and melting of the battery terminals, any idea as to where to start looking and what to do. None of the dealers near me have a clue as to why it's always cranked slow and had starter issues, we've changed everything in the starting system more than once before and nothing has helped as of yet. Looking for ideas, thanks in advance for any input on this problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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