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So for a quick recap-the 48 aero would not start,compession started it and drove 40 miles home--put a previously working starter on--there is current to the starter switch--tried 2 different switches--when I press the starter pedal it does not turn the starter and dims to almost turns off the dome light---
I am charging another battery will try that soon...
You would think this would be a simple fix???
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JD, Thanks. Although I scanned the posts, rather hurriedly, I'll admit, I missed that. Mercy! Charlie 
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Let us know what you find after charging the battery. If it's more than five years old it's probably best to replace it. You might also want to check the generator charging rate and check for any shorts as after driving 40 miles it should have charged your battery. Might save a repeat performance.
Steve D
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Well Steve it came all down to the battery!The one I was running at the time was a maintainence free unit"go figure"less then 6 months old,it would not take a charge"whoops"My back up would'nt either"my luck hah"Went and bought another one and sure enough fired right up,even with the 39 starter...I knew it had to be an easy fix!Why I went after the starter right off,don't know,I guess because the battery was so dead it was just silent....Well your right about a reveiw of the generator,I have jumped the voltage regulator for reverse polarity,the ammeter shows charging,I took a 10 mile spin on the freeway and I still have a 6.3 reading on the battery...I have got maintainence free battery on the trickle charger and its taking juice and plan on carrying a spare from now on,thanks for thoughts
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Charlie.....ya just gotta pay better attention to what is going on in the world around you. Really, Charlie ...Get all them old newspapers off the front porch, and turn on the T.V. once in awhile...By the way, it's the Forth of July...! Have a good one...!
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Glad you have it solved! With a six month old battery you would not expect it to be the culprit. Now you can enjoy the rest of the "Independence Day" holiday- Have a great one!
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Noticed you mentioned "maintenance free"...But, along with all the different colored caps and all ( back when )...Did you ever look inside to make sure it had water..? Had me wondering if they shipped it dry...Just curious...
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( ? ) So, it wasn't "maintenace free" after all...Or did they ship it "This Side Up"...? I always thought maintenace free had caps that were tough to remove...
I four-wheel ( in my truck ) a lot, and I've found that's just never the case...The water will find a way out...
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CC, I can't believe you took us through all this mind maze and all that starter stuff, when the problem was a dead battery! Mercy. (Just messin with you)  I was all ready to send you a new starter (with reverse polarity stuff already installed) but now I find out it wasn't the starter after all. (I was away at the car show and flee market in Asheville, NC for the weekend. Just got home a couple hours ago.) Why do we always assume the worst and figure it is something complicated and then find out later that it was something very simple all the time? I do that often myself. Get an Interstate battery and new cables from Tractor supply. It will then spin like it has a 12 volt hooked up to it. Glad that you figured it out. Best, Charlie
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Good to see you worked that one out! Batteries ain't what they used to be - I still remember getting 6 or 7 years out of a battery-not so these days!
I have permanently installed cheap digital voltmeters across the batteries of my cars and these have saved many "dead battery or something else" guesses over the years. They are about the size of a matchbox, cost about 2 bucks each, (Ebay) and can be mounted with double-sided tape on the side of the battery. You can check your generator or alternator output voltage in a flash too.
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