Bill,
Art has a good suggestion that I hadn't thought of. I did go measure from my starter cable unhooked to ground through the satrter and it is almost no resistance. I used my old analog meter instead of a digital, but most windings are very low resistance and look almost like a dead short. I grounded my solenoid with one of the bolts that fastens it to the inner fender wall. If everything else is still good to that point try hooking everything back up and see if it still turns the starter. If it does then we will continue to look at some other things.
Ron
