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.

yep, tim has saved my bacon a couple of times. great guy and great
resource here on the usenet