ok, just finishing up my motor swap, installed my starter

made sure the wiring is correct........it is

made sure the large terminal always had power including when key is turned........yup

made sure purple wire on small terminal is getting power when key is turned..........yup

made sure the starter had a good ground against the block..........yup

so i replaced the starter solenoid with a new one

nothing

jumped the terminals with a screwdriver, nothing
tried it again, solenoid worked

then the solenoid worked with the key

then the solenoid stopped working

jumped it again

worked again when jumped

worked again when key turned

then it stopped working again after a few turns

all my connections are tight and clean

this is driving me crazy, any help would be great thanx

 

About all that's left is a ground connection, and the supply wires (fusible links) to the body at the starter.

 

if hes getting power its nto a fuseable link, ...maybe you just have a bad starter .

 

thanx guys,

the fusible links are ok

and i checked to make sure the starter had a ground

so tomorow night i am going to throw a new starter in


i dont understand why the solenoid isnt working though

i mean, it did work (and then stopped and worked again), and its brand new