On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:25:59 -0400, John H
wrote:

YES! Today I put the starter back on the Yamaha with the new solenoid found by Tim after searching
and trying several different solenoids. Yamaha wanted about $570 for a new solenoid, or about $690
for a complete starter assembly. Tim found a solenoid for the Hitachi starter which ran about $21.
Wow!

Tim, thank you.

It's amazing how much you can save when you know where to get stuff,
and Tim is certainly very good at that (not to mention being very
helpful and an all around good guy).