Would probably work if you know what your doing but why complicate things? Use what you have.

 

OK, finally, made some progress. First thing today went out and looked for just a solenoid. Well lets just say its cheaper to buy a whole starter. The solenoids costed MORE than the starter and solenoid put together. So f-that and went home disappointed. Took the starter off, an pulled the solenoid out.The solenoid tested GOOD. However the starter itself had a fishy feel ot it. The forks that the solenoid operated were seperated and moved sperately instead of together. SO diagnosis, starter was jamming, thus the solenoid couldnt shut the starter off. SO i took the other starter i had, started removing the nuts off the studs, and of course as matt said broke the signal wire stud. So i had to switch the solenoid and the starter and reinstalled. Hit the key a few times to bump it to see if it was stickin, and no. Tried to start and no battery power. Charged em up and she fired. It cranks real slow however, so i dont know how long this is going to last.... The starter really need to be rebuilt because it it so old. SO it was the starter itself, NOT the solenoid...... Cheap chinese ****....
STARTER COUNT: #5......
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Sounds like its time for a new one then.

 

Look around on EBAY and see if you can find all the parts (field, starter drive, brushes, and a full solenoid). Might be able to rebuild one for half the cost of an already remand starter.

 

How goes it??

 

Any updates??