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Originally Posted by gbonawitz
- I reinstalled it back onto the engine
- I then completely bypassed the solenoid by connecting my battery (lose on my garage floor at the moment) directly to the starter via jumper cables.
With every attempt to get the engine spinning it'd either:
- do nothing for a second, then spin maybe 1/8 rev and then stop again, or
- spin 1/8 rev, then stop
It never got into any kind of continuous spin (which it what I think should happen here, right?).
I even tried it with my battery charger - set in ~ "jump start mode" - connected to the battery, and got the same behavior.
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Understood that you were connecting your positive battery/charger lead directly to the starter's cable terminal.
But where did you connect the negative when using the charger?
Is your negative battery connection to the chassis clean, bright , and tight?
Is your motor making a good ground connection to the chassis?