[machinehead323]

Ok here is what Brystal did today. She changed out the eBay China starter for the original Koehler today ( it was originally changed out because it was making noises but still would start the motor). Once it was changed out it made the same noise. Like the starter would engage but hit a wall and stop. So I had her take out the plug and crank it over. It turned over just fine. She reinstalled the plug and it fired right up. She let it run for a minute or so and stopped it. Everyone full of joy! Then I told her to try it again and the same brick wall. So to me it sounds like it may be up against compression and not being able to muscle through it. The battery is only 2 months old. Ground wire direct to starter. Frame ground direct off starter to grill. All the positive connections were cleaned 2 months ago. 2 months ago I tried jumping both leads direct to the starter and got the same brick wall. I lust wonder if it was a fluke that when I cleaned all the grounds it started working again but had enough rotation in the engine to start. Now sometimes it will be after turning it off its right at the start of the compression stroke and not being able to power through it. I get the general premise of the auto compression release but I do not know how to really test it to see if that is working.