and if you lived in the great lakes area, I would have been the guy that taught you that (I did the training, on these products, out of Centerline, MI training center)

 

haha u suck u dont know what a valve cap is either humm

 

It seems to make sense that the starter/starter drive is bad but when you have an expert and NAPA both tell you its fine, you dont want to run out and buy a new starter. Too bad we bought a new soleoid as I will get another new one with the new starter. I will post back when we get a new starter installed. Is a 3 year rebuilt NAPA starter the way to go?

 

I don't see how your starter issue has anything to do with this subject. On these Nipendenso starters, I never saw one with a separate solenoid. Rebuild kits yes, but no solenoid. I'd say that given your problem, yes, you should just go buy another starter. But I wouldn't get a 3yr Napa. ONLY get a dealer OEM unit!!!