Thanks Mike! I had just done that very thing after noticing it being slightly loose and very grimy. Chopped it off, stripped the wire back to clean wire, brand new female and scraped the male "spade" on the solenoid shiny clean. Maybe thats it, but I still detect that lag in cranking.....no difference thus far as it's all warm and juiced up, I need to get up in the Rockies at -10 and let her sit by the trailhead all wet and cold for a week (on a good sized slope of course). Thats why I got the car, Awd for snow. Ironic that this starting snafu makes it the last car in the world youd want to depend on in such conditions....is there any fizzled relay I could be overlooking?
Its got a rust free west coast body with good orig. white paint, a few dings, 240K and strong, solid clutch, new brake pads, perfect 5 speed trans and some jerry rig shift linkage problem that will require dropping the engine halfway out to access.....(still shifts but very sloppy) if anyone on the LA to Denver via I-70 corridor wants a challenging project. Oh, and a very moody starting scenario. I am walking away from this car at some point soon. Its also had the front end bushings done and is extremely smooth and tight at 80mph. The linkeage problem plus the 240K has got the junkyard calling me. She's too good for that but I am out of time and patience. (oh, and the 2.2 is a bit underpowered for the AWD and big 16" rims.) 500 bucks! Current Ca. reg out to next October!
