Duclos Darie wrote:

       >Turning the ignition key made only a clicking sound. Looked like the
       >starter was shot.
 
       The clicking was probably the starter solenoid kicking the starter in.
       It wasn't getting enough juice, though, to turn the engine.

       >So, we pulled out the battery and hooked it up directly to
       >the starter to eliminate anything in between. It started.

       Shows your starter and battery are good.

      >I did have a problem with this cable a couple of years ago. The
>end of it broke off when we were changing the starter and we
>recrimped it. It was a little shorter but seemed to work fine
>otherwise. 

I put my money on there being a bad connection where you recrimped it.  I've almost always had poor luck with reusing a crimp-type connection. The best bet is to solder the connector on.

Charlie