Mickey

Was thinking it might be something like that. Just wanted to be clear the new solenoid hadn't already been installed and was about to be the subject of getting pounded on.

Still interested in knowing between which terminals the jumper was placed as it could tell us something about root cause of the problem.

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Yanmar RS 1300 tiller
Cub Cadet 3204
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scottnumurkah

Turns out it was as simple as new battery/starter leads. Got some nice new ones made up at my local Auto Electrician, and she fired up straight away. Obviously with the new battery the old leads showed their age.

Thank you to everyone with their help. It was invaluable.

Cheers
Scott