Yep, sometimes it is simple. Had a similar problem: good battery, but no fire to the starter. Finally, using a cheapo lighted probe tester, I found that I had juice to the cable clamp, but not at the backside where the cable comes into the clamp. No obvious corrosion, but I took the clamp apart and brushed the cable end. Bingo!
Also, lately I've been having the same problem with the 8N--no fire to the starter. My sis-in-law asked if she could try--the tractor likes her, she said. Sure enough, it started. Later I tried, several times, nothing. She came up and again, it cranked right up. I asked myself "What is different?" I climbed in the seat, turned the key, pushed the starter, and it cranked. I figured out that the key switch is bad--jiggle it and the tractor will crank. I had been trying to crank it standing beside it. Sitting in the seat changes the hand angle on the key. Yeah, simple things.
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