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Thank you Grady Clay

I followed the procedures that you gave me. I used the Bently manual to ID the yellow wire. And here is what I found.

I used the test light and found that the soleniod had power when the key was turned. After reading about testing it in Wayne's manual I was hesitant as I thought I might fry something. So after the light came on and I knew it was good, I cleaned all the connections with rubbing alcohol. And tried it still no spark. So I got pretty pissed and whacked the starter a few more times, my wife tried it before I could say not to and it cranked. Woohoo.

So I lowered it down, washed the crud off my hands and was going to go for a drive. Went out to the garage and it wouldn't start, friggin a. So I jacked it back up, couple more hits, I'm talking pretty light hits here, on the starter, lowered it down again and she starts. Took a short drive came back had a bite let it sit for about an hour, just tried it again and it started.

So I assume the starter is bad or going bad, on its way out. Since it starts after a couple of whacks though would that mean it is bad or just dirty and full of crud?

Thanks

Ryan