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Mon, May 14, 12 at 7:28
| I have an old Montgomery Wards rider with an 18hp B&S engine that I only use for knocking weeds down a couple of times a year. When I went to start it the other day it would spin over but would not start and the negative battery cable got really hot. Then the battery got too low to spin it over so I hooked the jumper cables up to another battery and it started and ran fine. Why would the negative cable have gotten hot? |
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| 'Why would the negative cable have gotten hot?" Cable too small, partially broken cable or cable terminal, connection corroded. To see if this was really the problem, after charging your battery, connect one side of the jumper cables to the negative battery terminal and to a good ground. Walt Conner |
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| Thanks Walt. I'll check out your suggestions. |
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