Quote Originally Posted by Redd970 View Post
Got out there and done some poking around and found out the bedix in the starter was jammed up tapped the starter with a hammer and its starting like normal again
Pull it apart and thoroughly clean it out. Repack all of the drive gears with fresh grease and polish up the pick ups on the armature so you get a good electrical contact. Make sure the brushes aren't gummed up in their housings and aren't worn excessively down. Once a starter motor starts to glitch like this, it is letting you know it's not going to last much longer without intervention. I have resurrected a few starter motors and they have a tendency to not work once you've reassembled them. Persevere with testing and after a few tries they will kick over reliably every shot.