I appreciate the help folks.

Swapped ECU; no difference.

Battery now "100%" charged, 13 Volts. Turning and holding the key to
50 position, I finally hear a faint "clunk" from starter. My DMM
connected to the battery, I saw the Voltage slowly drop as key held.

My guess is that the   !   light coming on is a slight red herring. I
bet there's an internal short in the starter solenoid. Maybe when key
turned, this internal short to ground completes the circuit to light
up the    !     light?

Neil.

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:30 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Symptoms: turn key to crank starter, starter won't turn, but the brake
>  " ! " light goes on, parking brake is OFF.  (released)
>
> I had recently swapped in a working ECU. This issue no start happened
> shortly there after.
>
> Could there be a short in the ECU or elsewhere that is causing the 50
> circuit to short thus causing the starter not to engage or turn?

--
Neil n

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