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Hello, I have had some starter motor problem recently to which i thought i had resolved! Firstly i was almost certain it was the solenoid, now I'm beginning to think the fault lies elsewhere. So firstly i took the starter after my first problem had occurred, to the local auto electric garage they said the mechanism was good and the solenoid was dry and needed to be lubricated, I fitted the starter and it worked fine, which was a week ago. Now i have the same problem again, starter working from cold not when warm. i had taken it to my mates tonight to replace a bolt that i hadn't tightened up properly and it had fell off giving it a bad connection which i thought was the problem.... once i had the bolt on i managed to touch the live and the negative with a spanner and the starter fired up without a problem, but when i tried with the key nothing! I'm starting to think the problem lies within the wiring itself.. I will mention the starter sounds like it has a bad cough when starting and when i accidentally touched the + and - boom it sounded like it was working 100million times faster and more life to it! Does this sound like the wiring is at fault? can heat cause the wiring to put no current or a smaller amount of current to the starter not giving it enough to engage the solenoid? If so is there a guide to where and how to replace the starter motor wiring? Can you give me the length's needed and the wire sizes for needed for the job! Any help appreciated. Thanks Edit: It will still start if i hit the solenoid but a weak start at that