MattR wrote:
I was reasoning that if it was the connection between the battery negative terminal and the chassis which was poor then the voltage drop would be much higher (similar to the voltage drop as measured between the chassis and the 12v terminal at the generator).
My reasoning must have been faulty... I went ahead and cleaned the chassis connection and re-crimped the negative battery lead. It started right up. I'll have to get everything back together and test it out but it looks like I found the poor connection. It's odd... the connection looked to be in much better shape than any of the other battery connections/crimps.
Thank you everyone for your help! I'll let you know how things go once I get everything back together and the melted wire replaced.
