<div style="font-family:Verdana">Thanks to all for your suggestions. Here is where I am at:</div><div style="font-family:Verdana"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana">I confirmed (I hope) that the starter motor is not stuck, by putting the car in 4th and pushing it backwards about 5 feet. I could hear the engine turning over as I pushed it. I also turned the square bolt at the end of the starter motor - it turned freely.</div><div style="font-family:Verdana"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana">I cleaned the neg battery cable connection to the firewall. The other three - the pos and neg battery terminals, and the pos connection at the solenoid, were looked at when I replaced the solenoid. All is good there.</div><div style="font-family:Verdana"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana">As fas as I know, I have a "regular" starter. It is not original - dated 1997.</div><div style="font-family:Verdana"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana">Still nothing but that CLICK. </div><div style="font-family:Verdana"><br></div><div style="font-family:Verdana">I will put the battery on a charger and try again tonight or tomorrow. Any further input/ideas/theories are greatly appreciated.<br><br><br>On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 01:31 PM, CosmicMag1380 wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(136, 136, 136); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>In addition to the other good advice, I would start by charging the new battery first. You should charge a new one to capacity prior to "flashing" it for the first time. All that means is start with a completely charged battery before putting a heavy load on it. Since you have already cranked it until it slowed down, it probably did not have a full charge right off the shelf.<br><br></div>Also check to see if the starter pinion is stuck in the ring gear. It may not have retracted after the final cranking attempt. That would cause a clicking sound... Just put the car in neutral and turn the engine by hand to see if it is stuck.<br><br></div>Kent<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:12 PM, Steven Michelsen via Spridgets <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net" target="_blank" _djrealurl="mailto:spridgets@autox.team.net">spridgets@autox.team.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It's been an awful long time since I've posted, and even longer since my (formerly) reliable 1500 Midget has given me any trouble at all. But now I have a small challenge...<br>
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The other day I tried to start it for the first time in many months, using a brand new battery. First, it cranked and cranked, slowing down as it tried to start. Next time - nothing. Just a solid CLICK. I mistakenly took this to mean that I needed a new solenoid, which I bought and installed. That wasn't the answer. I turn the key and get a solid CLICK. The battery is still good - lights and such work fine.<br>
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My question is, what's the next step to diagnose this?<br>
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