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I hear nothing. Should I assume that its fried then? Is there a way to correctly bypass it to confirm it was my problem?

It does. I removed the solenoid and the shaft moves freely. Not sure how the circuit on that works. Either way, I should still be able to turn the key and have the motor turn, regardless of if it starts. Still with that shaft in the up or down position the motor only starts for a moment and...

Battery and starter are good. on a 4 terminal solenoid, which is the trigger wire?

Battery only has a couple of hours on it. There does appear to be a solenoid on the carb... How do I test it?

also add that I disconnected the ign switch and cleaned all terminals.... nothing I opened the switch to inspect and there was some wear... cleaned up contacts and reassembled, still no start with key or shorting solenoid. Could a defective switch cause this?

JD L100 with 17.5 B&S Used weekly, works great... at one point I thought the solenoid went out as I had to start shorting it to start... did that for a while with no problems. Finally ordered a replacement... Replaced solenoid and battery... wont start with the key, but still starts and runs...