I thought it was worse with heat, no its just worse as the days go by. I am showing 12.81v on the battery AFTER I tried for 2-3 seconds to start it, nowhere near the correct rpm (dragged to a stop almost). The battery was showing 14.60v when the car was running the other day. Got to be the starter Right??? This mini starter, I can just ask for a starter for a 19?? Dakota. -Charles Seems to me that it must be the starter. I would imagine the bearing inside have failed causing the internal parts to bind. Steve B. -- Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.7.3 - Release Date: 3/15/2005 ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm