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The moral of the story is I should have picked up a used OEM starter rather than wasting everyone's time because I got lazy and bought the offshore one on EBay! I would gladly have gone to Pull-a-Part if only it wasn't so darn cold outside! I have pulled the 3 screw endcover off the solenoid...

Yes I understand that, but the starter is new, never installed. When I disconnect the battery, the plunger and pinion snap back where they should be with authority. It is current in the solenoid coil that is holding the contactor in. I feel like I’m wasting everyone’s time here. The offshore...

I’m beginning to suspect the solenoid coil is shorted somewhere in the middle of the windings and effectively making two electro magnets out out of a single coil that is only meant to act as one?? That would qualify as unique I think.

I agree that is how it is supposed to work. I just wish it would work that way. When current to the small terminal is broken the coil remains energized and holds the steel slug out. The spring seems like it is good and the pinion returns back where it should be with authority when the battery...

It looks like there two circuits in the “bendix coil”. One energized by the start terminal, which makes sense. The other energized by current passing through the big copper switch, which does not make sense because this makes the starter sort of self energizing.

The aftermarket mini-starter has two terminals. One large one for ~4awg wire direct to battery. Always hot. The other smaller one engages solenoid which pushes out the pinion and spins the motor when start is called for. When current to smaller terminal is interrupted the starter continues to...

I’m thinking I may have to install an additional external Ford type solenoid to stop the starter after the engine starts.

I just purchased a Mini-Starter for my 318 Mopar on EBay. I decided to bench test it before installing. It spins up nice and quietly but it does not stop when power is removed from the solenoid. This does not seem right to me . Bob Renton’s post above gives me hope he might help me understand...