Did some more checking this afternoon. All underhood fuses are good. Battery is new. Old battery was not weak, drained or failing after a month or more sitting idle. But, it was a logical thing to replace, and the old one is happy on the tractor.


Battery drain does not seem inordinate, based on measured voltage; however....


I noticed that when I put the negative cable back on to check something I get a fair spark. Put my meter between and got what seems to be an odd but repeatable result.


Initial draw, for "milliseconds" is around four or five amps (amps, NOT mAmps). It drops so fast I can't be sure. It drops rapidly to approximately 170 mA (not mV, sorry, I know better Ala_xfire), then after a few seconds it drops to approx. 122 mA and holds steady until I get bored and stop.


Will pull fuses and try to isolate this. From searching the forum, 50mA seems to be about the high end of draw if all is well. Maybe this is a failing battery pack on the security system. But I get no error msgs on the instrument panel.


With this new info, any lights going off as to why I've got a no-start condition?


More to follow.


Michael