Hi Everyone,

I've talked to Josh at MSS and have spent some more time on the car this weekend. Went through fuses, checked resistance and everything seems to be in order. Checked the ground cablings from power steering pump, battery, all good there, no corrosion.

Still suspecting a bad starter, I got my brother to come over and got the car jacked up. From underneath, we we're able to tap the starter with a socket drive extension, and the starter began attempting to turn over, but just one or two clicks at a time. Each time I would hit the starter, all dash lights would turn off (except parking brake) , and the starter would put load on the battery. (left a multimeter on the windshield). I swap places with him, and sure enough, it looks like the starter is causing a short within the system. Some very erratic symptoms, but overall everything is pointing to a failing starter. Pretty fair for 230k miles...

So, with that being said, I'll be attempting to replace the starter in the driveway over the next few days. If anyone has any tips or tricks for removal I would gladly accept them. It looks like it will give me a run for my money, hoping I don't have to end up towing it to the local shop..

Sending me any additional videos for reference to the swap would be appreciated as well.

I'm aware of Paul's recent video about this, and the workaround for not dropping the exhaust...