"stacey451" wrote: (94 Buick park avenue)
Starter will not crank. Removed and tested starter, failed. Replaced starter and cranked the car it fired right up. It only cranked that once. Tried to start it again now nothing. Can hear solenoid click to engage but motor will not spin engine. Hand spun engine and it does not appear to be binding. Removed new starter and had it tested, tests good.
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1.) Did you use a new solenoid with the new starter? It acts like a bad solenoid switch intermittently failing to complete the starter circuit when the pinion gear is engaged. A bad solenoid may have been the original problem instead of a bad starter.
2.) If the solenoid clicks repeatedly and rapidly the problem is probably a bad battery cable connection or a very low battery.
3.) If the new starter was installed without the old starter shim(s) the pinion could jam against the ring gear, preventing the solenoid armature from connecting the starter circuit.
Good Luck.
Rodan.