so got the starter in and all but ran out of day light so tomorrow i have to solder the start power lead back together. not a big deal just ran outa light.
but for fun i hooked the cable up by just twisting them together (temporarily) to see if the issue was gone. still turned slowly but i could hear it sparking to the block. (lol bad idea i know) so i'm hoping tomorrow when i hook the wire up the connection will be better and it will work again
if not...
Where do i go from there? all the connection points are clean and tight.