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    Nov 19, 2010, 11:43 AM
    Craftsman lawn tractor won't start?
    When you turn the key the motor will barely turn over and starter starts to smoke... thanks for any suggestions

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    Nov 26, 2010, 11:43 AM

    Hi,
    Whether you have something like a bad connection in play or not, you would seem to have a bad starter. Smoking is never a good thing when DC motors are involved. The dynamics of those motors is that for each shorted wire, one good wire is also cancelled out.
    Peace,
    Clarke
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