I still have the solenoid, but it was hooked up by a friend a couple years ago and it worked fine. He rewired it somehow to work with this setup, so its gotta be something else gone bad. Im gonna switch the solonoid today and see if it helps. Pics by 2day or 2morrow. Rod ---> Rod you sure you have everything hooked up right?i see your still using the > ford type solenoid,is it different than the GM type batt,alt.charging setup?i