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Message: <blockquote data-quote="terracefarmer" data-source="post: 90829" data-attributes="member: 13096"><p>Just giving an update of what I found so far. We put in another battery and gave it some more testing, the voltage at the starter doesn't drop below 10 volts from the battery when the starter is cranking in the machine, nearly 11 volts when we bench test it out of the machine. The solenoid wire from the ignition switch is low on voltage when the starter is engaged, down to 8.3 as its cranking in the machine. When we jump from the battery cable terminal to the solenoid activation screw, its 8.3 volts, so I have a major issue when the starter is in the machine. I've been told the volts should never drop below 9 and ideally never below 10. Now the part that I don't understand fully, when we tested it outside the machine the solenoid never got hot, just normal to the touch temp, when its in the machine, no matter how we tried to start it, the solenoid gets too hot to touch, low voltage could be a contributing factor when its cranking. So do I have an issue within the skid steer or just a starter, battery and cable issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>