My Murray lawnmower is giving me problems. I bought a new battery , new starter and the starter will not turn. The positive and the negative wire gets hot and the wire going to the starter also gets hot. I have spent hours trying to figure out the problem, but I need help! Not to mention that my yard is getting out of control already. Pushing a lawnmower is not an option! Please, if anybody has had this problem and knows how to solve it, throw me a life line.

Is the engine seized? Can you turn the flywheel by hand? If not, check to see if a belt is jammed or you may have internal engine problems.

Check and make sure your cables are connected correctly, check to make sure nothing is binding the starter.