Thanks for all the help so far.
I opened the tin covers, cleaned everything I could reach. It was mostly pretty clean.
I tried to jump the negative terminal to the engine without any change. I checked the volts at the post on the starter and it read 6v when cranking.
The starter is engaging the main gear/wheel thing and turning it, just not very fast. I also tried to jump the starter with a different battery directly. I think had I left it on, the tractor would have turned over, but sparks started to fly and it made some unnatural clunk sound (possibly the starter retracting?) so I pulled out. It definitely sounded like it was about to turn over though.
Soooo... I am figuring that I have a wiring problem, not a starter problem. I assume my next step is running new wire from the solenoid to the starter? I am looking at the wiring diagram and it looks like a straight run, but is there anything to look out for when I do it? I am hoping I can just pull the wire though the existing wiring shroud.
Is there anything else I am not considering?
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