I've got an unfounded phobia of simply leaving this demon somewhere in the truck and bypassing it with a new wire......
I'm going to pick up a new relay today to see if that might not be the issue -- even though the relay does seem to be working right, maybe it activates, but is deteriorated inside enough to cause this voltage drop?
However, I'm wondering about something that has been bugging me about this the whole time, though: When the key turn does actually start the car, more than likely it turns the engine a bit slowly... However, if I take a simple wire and run it from the positive battery terminal to the solenoid connection, it fires up 100% of the time, and it turns the engine much faster, like it should. Can someone explain to me why the low voltage to the solenoid would cause the starter to turn slowly? I thought the starter motor itself turned off of the main feed from the battery.
I'm going to pick up a new relay today to see if that might not be the issue -- even though the relay does seem to be working right, maybe it activates, but is deteriorated inside enough to cause this voltage drop?
However, I'm wondering about something that has been bugging me about this the whole time, though: When the key turn does actually start the car, more than likely it turns the engine a bit slowly... However, if I take a simple wire and run it from the positive battery terminal to the solenoid connection, it fires up 100% of the time, and it turns the engine much faster, like it should. Can someone explain to me why the low voltage to the solenoid would cause the starter to turn slowly? I thought the starter motor itself turned off of the main feed from the battery.