Went over to our American Legion Post today and worked on a couple of mowers
we use on the 10 acre grass areas.

One needed blade changeout. No problem.

The other is dead, with a brand new battery. It's the classic old bad
solenoid syndrome/symptom.

I was going to find the solenoid and jump it to verify it's the culprit.
But, it seems to me that the solenoid must be inside the starter case. The
wire from the positive battery terminal goes straight to a terminal on the
side of the starter.

I talked to a guy in passing who said: "oh yeah, these newer mowers have
starter soenoid units inside one case. If either is bad, you have to
replace the whole unit".

Is this true? If this is the situation, I may as well get busy pulling the
starter unit.