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Originally Posted by amanfrromthere

One new thing, when I turned the key, was a high-pitched whine from the solenoid for a few seconds. Bit of smoke when that happened too, so hopefully it didn't kill itself right off the bat. Other than that, just back to clicking.

So onto the next thing I guess (starter?). 1641 with ~950 hours, I'm not sure how much time or money I really want to put into this. I'd love to get this going just as a dedicated mower.

Magic smoke released.... Ive never had one release 2 puffs. Test your solenoid.

Let me ask maybe a really dumb question... Does the motor spin by hand?
Maybe there is a reason other than starter being bad that its just clicking