Cut all power of
course. Starter was very hot. Found a small puddle of waxy looking
stuff under a weep hole in the starter. Apparently this stuff that
oozed
out of the starter was related to that smoke, it smelled like it.


Can someone give me a clue as to what this stuff is and what the heck
happened? I'm taking the starter back to the rebuild place but there's
no telling what they will tell me. Thanks.
Yep, as suspected. the fields are burned out.