What you described is an available voltage test not a voltage drop test.
For a voltage drop one end of the voltmeter at the solenoid the other on the
positive battery terminal. Crank the car and observe the voltage reading.
Rick
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On Aug 8, 2011, at 12:10, warthodson at aol.com wrote:
> How are you measuring voltage drop? Are you taking the voltage reading from
> the solenoid terminal connected directly to the battery to ground or the
> terminal on the starter to ground? Are you measuring the voltage with or
> without the starter cranking?
> Gary Hodson
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