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Sorry...I'm not making this very clear....The problem is that I have no power at the solenoid when cranking.
While troubleshooting, this is what I found - instead of a direct conection with the solenoid, the yellow wire comes from the ignition switch in a bundle of wires to a 14 pole connector in the cdi box area. When cranking, I see 12 volts at the connector. So, the ignition switch is good.
The yellow wire then goes with a bundle of wires to a second 14 pole connector. In order to see whether I was still getting power at that connector, I unplugged it - and cranking did produce 12 volts at the yellow wire in the connector. From the second connector, the yellow wire splits - one branch goes to the solenoid, the other to the temperature time switch.
This is where it gets weird.....when I plug the connector back in, I no longer get power on cranking.
So, with the second connector unplugged, I ran a jumper wire from the yellow wire terminal on one side of the connector to the yellow wire terminal on the other side of the connector and cranked it. The starter worked.
As soon as I plugged the second connector back together, and removed the jumper, the starter stopped working.
So, one of the other wires in the connector is somehow affecting the yellow wire when the connector is plugged in.
I tore off all the electrical tape from the wires (from the second connector back)and could see no shorts. The only thing I haven't done yet is remove the alternator to see if those connections are somehow bad, although I still see no reason why a bad connection at the alternator would cause the starter not to work....