[Tony Radford]

I'm out of ideas. I was able to get the car up on the Kwiklift with the winch so I could get an underside view. All of the connections between the battery and starter look fine. I replaced the line between the starter relay and the solenoid as it had a terminal lug in the middle that bothered me. I looked up under the dash at the ammeter for p0tential connection issues and no problems. Still, nothing but chatter.

Rick, I'm having a problem blaming it on the solenoid due to the way the problem came about. It would have had to have died during the troubleshooting process as you suggest. This all started with a potential charging issue (which I presume I still have) and has coincidentally expanded into a starter/solenoid issue. It just seems coincidental. I know I've had the battery out a couple of times, but I've checked my terminal connections a dozen times. I removed and tested the 60A line fuse. I've maintained a full charge on the batter through all of this. I tried jumping her off my truck again a few minutes ago out of desperation, but no change.

I think my starter is a mini. It has the solenoid on top. I can hear it click when I jump the starter relay but it doesn't even try to turn over. Nothing but a loud chatter (not the wimpy chatter you get with a low battery). It's going to suck getting her on to the trailer for a trip to Southern. But I'm sure Lyle can figure it out.