[LouNY]

He tested his starter solenoid and starter motor, it could have just been a bad solenoid.
If he had put his hot battery cable directly to the starter hot post it would have checked the motor.

 

[LouNY]

Screwdriver???........ I shoved one of these into a 4" piece of heater hose, used 10ga wire, spring loaded clips, and found out a long time ago it's much easier to BS anybody watching into thinking you know what your doing..... It doesn't scare the women and children nearly as much

Save the $20 Snap-On Screwdriver

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That's fine for bypassing all the safeties and switch wiring and will work as good as my purchased remote starter.
Untill you try to bypass the solenoid and go straight to the starter windings, then it's a bit to light.