[DML] Almost there, but she won't start...

["Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

I know some of you have been following along with me, from what 
started as an oxygen sensor replacement that turned into an engine 
removal.  I've got the engine back in the car, and everything wired 
up, including many replaced wiring harness connectors.  I also 
powdercoated the starter and starter solenoid.

Today I went to start it, but all I hear is *click* and that's it.  
I distinctly hear the plunger press the starter gear against the 
flywheel, but the starter doesn't turn.  So, I go back underneath 
the car with a big wrench, and my friend turns the car to the start 
position while I hold a wrench between the 2 large studs on the 
solenoid.  Yes, this produced a lot of fireworks, but it turned the 
engine over several times.  

It seems to me that my solenoid doesn't work.  If I simply use the 
wrench to join the 2 large studs, the starter will turn by itself.  
If I just use the ignition key, I hear the plunger activating.  If 
my friend turns the key to the start position, while I join the 
large studs, we get the engine to turn over.  Now, while my friend 
and I were doing this, trying to start the car, we suddenly realized 
there was a reasonable amount of smoke forming from the passenger 
side of the engine near the ignition coil area.  I'm not sure what 
was burning, but it wasn't obvious.  For a few minutes after that, 
if he would turn the key to start (without me monkeying with the 
wrench), the front cooling fans would strangely come on.  After a 
few minutes, that no longer happened, and we were back to square 1, 
where the car just *clicks* a single time when the key is turned to 
the start position.  

Any thoughts?

thanks,

Matt
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