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My STX38 yellow deck won't start. I charged the battery to full, turn the key, and I think I hear two different clicks. One click seems to be coming from the front of the engine, I don't know where. The other click is the gear on the starter striking the flywheel.
The starter doesn't spin, however. Last week a repairman told me the starter was shot, so I had it rebuilt - now the starter should be good.
I had 12v between the starter's positive terminal and the frame, so that sounds good. Thinking the cable from the battery was hosed, I jumpered the battery directly to the starter as an experiment. No change.
Physically, this thing is a heavy cylinder with a gear on top (the starter?) coupled with a smaller piece (the solenoid?). The battery runs directly to a post on the solenoid. Another wire runs from the key to the solenoid also. This wire has a much smaller diameter than the power cable so it can't be used as a ground I am sure.
Curiously, the starter part (not the solenoid) has a rubber sleeve (for lack of a better description) that looks like a wire is supposed to run into it. There is no wire anywhere, however, that looks like it needs a home. I think it's a holdover from a design change, but I'm not sure.
So what could be wrong? What else is left to check? Battery - wire - solenoid...
My starter has no explicit ground on it, by the way. I'd expect to see a ground as heavy as the red power cable. Does it ground to the engine block?
I am at a loss, any help would be SO appreciated.