ok Kaptain, i went out this morning, held the positive post to the battery with the grounds hooked up firmly, turned the key on and hit the plunger... i struggled to crank maybe one rotation and the cable from the starter that i was holding firmly on the positive ground turned bright red with heat and melted part of the battery terminal. I let it cool off a minute and held the positive back on the battery and reached up and hit the start button and it cranked away probably 6 times untill it started clicking. I then tried the plunger again and it did the same thing as last time, but this time it had a nice arking pop to it and did not spin at all and once again the terminal was red with heat. SIgh
