ChrisB wrote:
> E. Meyer wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> What happens if you try to jump it from another car? That'll tell you
>> right
>> off if the battery is the problem.
>>
>> Is this a parts store starter or OEM? If not OEM, the odds are high
>> that at
>> least part of your problem is the new starter.
>
>
> Well, I'll be. I must have run the battery down too low while trying to
> juice the bad starter, that when I installed the replacement starter,
> the battery was already too low to turn it. A couple of hours on the
> charger now has my battery resting at 12.95 volts with the car off, and
> I am getting 14.4 to 14.5 volts with the car running.
>
> Now I just hope I didn't make a big mistake by going with a Duralast
> starter over a Honda OEM...


Duralast IIRC is a product of AutoZone which makes it a crap shoot.

Better to get the old one rebuilt be a local reliable rebuilder.

JT