It turned out the motor I planned to use had, what I thought to be, a bad starter clutch. Starter spun fine but would not spin the crank. Well fine! not a real big deal but a delay. So today I install a new clutch, get the motor all buttoned and Nothing! Same problem! Starter spins but no engagement. Ok so maybe by chance got a bum clutch. Back to base one. Tear it all back down again, install a positively working clutch from another motor. Now I got two motors torn apart. And Same Problem!
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WTF! This isn't rocket science and it's not my first rodeo so what's the deal. Everything is in place, everything is as should be.
After a good hard look at the starter it's self, I discover its running backwards! No, it's not wired wrong but if I reverse the positive and negative connections it runs in the correct direction. A full days work and frustration only to find this strange anomaly. I've never come across a starter behaving this way. Unfortunately at this point I ran out of time so it will be next weekend before I can replace this POS starter. Again I would like to "thank" BMI for assuring me this motor was in "good working condition"!