OK....so I wasted money buying a new battery - that wasn't the problem. When I crank it, it just turns really slowly - sort of in random spurts - sometimes a bit faster, sometimes slower. I had the brake pedal in the lock position while trying to crank so that I could look around at the front of the engine and see the pulleys, etc. Was just about to give up - and then decided to sit on the seat and try it. After releasing the brake and moving the transmission shift lever around a bit - it actually seemed locked in place even though I believe by then I had released the brake - not sure. Anyway, it fired right up. I shut it off and tried is several more times - starts fine and runs fine. So....what is going on? Before it started these past few times, I was really beginning to think that there was something wrong inside the engine that was causing it to not want to turn easily.
Could this apparently intermittent starting problem still be related to the starter / generator somehow? Is it possible that sometimes the S/G is just not developing enough power to turn the engine fast enough?
Thanks,
Keith
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