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Originally Posted by countywacker

My 149 wont start, the starter solenoid was just clicking away and was not turning the starter/generator. I went ahead and changed the solenoid and now its doing the same thing and still wont start. I put a meter on the starter and its only intermittingly getting voltage when I turn the key. After a few trys it wont do anything now. Also, the head lights will not work now also. The battery is showing 12.5 volts. Any ideas?

Try running a jumper cable from battery positive to starter/generator and see if it turns. Make sure to use the thick positive lug on s/g and not the field or F lug. If that works, it’s either a bad cable or connection from the solenoid to the battery, or it’s a bad cable or connection from battery to solenoid.

If not, you could have a bad ground cable, or a bad battery or a bad starter/generator.