Where's the starter relay?

[SubGothius]

Well, it turns out my "new" (remanufactured) Bosch starter is dodgy. Tried jumping battery (+) directly to the solenoid trigger terminal -- still nothing, not even a click.

Took out the starter, bench-tested it again just to be sure, still nothing. Then I turned the pinion gear a bit by hand and tested again; suddenly it woke up. Gave it several more tries, still responding, so I reinstalled it.

Once back in the truck, tested starting and got one good crank out of it, then dead again. So I'll pull it yet again tomorrow, and back to RockAuto it goes...

[geezer101]

Ugh. It would've been acceptable if you'd given it a shot yourself of resurrecting your old starter motor. They normally are stubborn biatches after you've cleaned the commutator ring and installed new brushes. They aren't hard to pull down and clean out but it sucks that you have to take one 'remanufactured' in and out for warranty.

*check and clean all of your ground leads and connections just in case (don't know if you have/haven't done so already...)