"RBM" wrote in :


"cj" wrote in message
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my 42" MTD mower with a 17hp. motor won't turn over..new starter, new
battery. when i turn the key it seems like the battery doesnt have
enough 'umph' to get the motor spinning...i have the correct cold
cranking amps for the size motor.also, am i correct in assuming that
when the motor is running that the battery is getting charged. the
mower is about 4 years old..
thanks, cj

Maybe dead battery, or bad starter. Try jumping it, or pull the plug
and see if it will turn over without compression



And if when you crank it with the plug out, it cranks fine and gas shoots
out of the plug hole then the carb is hosed up. Fluids don't compress
easily.