Well EVERYONE that helped me get the starter to work. I've finally got it to WORK !!! Gummed up bendix, 1/4 can of carb n choke cleaner, 1/4 can of brake clean amd some oil to smooth everything out and get the bendix to slide like leather sooled boots on ICE. It WORKS !!! ENGAGES like a new starter. Cranks the Chevy 235..Thanks for ALL THE HELP !!! Ive dragged cars from the bottom of canyons in the sandhills of Nebraska that have been sitting for twenty years and have NEVER had this problem with ANY starters like this one has caused. It needed a solenoid anyway as the old one didnt kick the bendix in like the new part..