[Razorback1980]

The short can be inside the starter and not your car. Battery disconnected...I would pull the starter wires but make sure they don't touch anything. Hook the battery back up and check the small wire going to the solenoid for voltage. If there is voltage there, then the problem is the car...if not, then pull the starter back off and take it back to them or have it checked at the FLAPS. Blondie, the way it works is the battery supplies voltage to large post constantly. There are electrical contacts inside the solenoid that are engaged when the small wire receives power from the switch key. On the back side of the electrical contacts is a wire that runs inside the starter to supply it power. So either the small wire has voltage constantly or the contacts inside the solenoid are stuck together and supplying voltage to the starter without power to the small wire. The key is whether the small wire has voltage constantly or not.