[rganva]

New Member -- First Posting ..

Recently I bought a 1440 with around 650 hours, with what I considered the normal amount of wear and tear, it was running well, started easy no problems. Then went to start it and not even a click, looking under the hood, the voltage indicator looked like a little rusted ball, rust around the solenoid connections, wire connections that had been twisted/soldered/taped and it looked like snow flakes on the battery terminals.

Wire brushed and repainted the battery tray, replaced the voltage indicator, solenoid, reconnected the wires using proper connectors, shined up the battery terminals. HOWEVER still not even getting a click when I turn the key, or a dimming of the panel lights.

After reading thru the forms I am not thinking now maybe the ignition switch might be bad and needs replacing, but prior to going further thought it might be better to ask other that have more experience.