"Flat spot"? Hmmmmm, perhaps he referred to a bad (open circuit) commutator bar on the armature (unlikely but possible) that has come to rest under one of the brushes. Or a drive broken tooth on the starter, or worse, one or more broken (missing) teeth on the ring gear, where the "gap" has come to rest where the starter drive is trying to engage it. If is the ring gear, your problem is bigger than just a starter. You did not mention, does the starter spin when you turn the key, or just click, or is there dead silence? Replacement starters for Mopars are not hard to find nor that expensive. You could rebuild it, but what is your time worth? Bill ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm