Well it turns out that my faulty memory means I did NOT have a spare early Marelli starter, I had a spare SPICA pump. What I did do was go to Alfa Parts in Berkeley and get a new, small starter for $465. I put it in and still get...the same click with a no start. Since I'm getting the click, I'm at the moment presuming the wiring to the starter is fine. I'm about to go down and check the main chassis ground to see if it is the issue.
Alfa Parts said the newer starter with the smaller rare earth magnets (?) is WAY better, but he didn't elaborate. Anybody know why it's better? Just cleaned yeserday's black from the fingernails...here we go again... Stevan Thomas 73 Berlina heckuva storm here -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
