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Went to monkey with it, started by clamping the ground to the motor and tapping the starter with the jumper. Not the fastest I've seen an engine spin, but enough to get good spark to the plugs. Resistance between battery and solenoid was basically nothing, same between solenoid to starter and...

Yes. bear in mind too that this motor was just barely getting the engine to turn over, so it'd be very nearly stall current.

clamp on multimeter to the positive line going out of the starter, between the motor and the solenoid. Unfortunately I didn't grab a voltage measurement under load, I plan on checking that tonight. i suppose a bad solenoid connection could cause enough voltage drop to the motor to cause this...

Currently attempting to resurrect a free early 90s MTD lawn tractor (wizard brand) that doesn't want to start. Was parked several years ago by the previous owner, carburetor issues were assumed so that was removed to be fixed, the fix never happened, so the tractor was stored outside for at...