Stranded for Christmas

[Slowtus]

First thing I would do is try a known good battery

Ha! memories...bought a discarded S2 which had a problem starting so I removed the starter, cleaned and polished as needed...and after some time determined that the problem was the battery.

That's it, just the battery, nothing else.

[h20hamelan]

First thing I would do is try a known good battery

Ha! memories...bought a discarded S2 which had a problem starting so I removed the starter, cleaned and polished as needed...and after some time determined that the problem was the battery.

That's it, just the battery, nothing else.

Tested my battery, printout good. Cleaned starter, bench test okay!
Found hot, almost melted terminal end on positive wire to starter. Replaced wire, golden.