"BB" wrote in message
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"K. Smith" wrote in message
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Disconnect the heavy supply & any other leads from the starter then
disconnect the battery leads, with engine disconnected & "off" use some
jumper leads pos & neg from the battery direct to the starter just to
give it a very quick hit to ensure it's OK. You may need to use a little
jumper to powerup the solenoid.

Did the above and the pinion jumped up right there to try and engage the
flywheel. I hope that shows my starter is still good (they are expensive).
Every place I could see to test the voltage on the solenoid and starter
connections showed good voltage. I'm guessing now I have a bad solenoid?


If that's the case and you said before that when you turned your key you did
get power to the solenoid, so your fuse is not gone and your safety switch
is closed, then perhaps it might be the solenoid. Just for a further "red
neck" test, put a jumper across the solenoid and see if it cranks. If not,
back to square one. You could have bad cables that are offering too much
resistance. A voltage drop test will pick that up in a hurry. But do the
"jumper" thing. A solenoid is cheap, compared to a starter.

Yeah, solenoids do wear out, but it's not all that common. I had one that
used to get stuck and would not shut off, cranking the starter continuously
until I was able to disconnect the lead. I fried the starter.