Well, I got it all apart tonight and got the starter out. At the stealership, they sold me generic copper contacts that they had in stock (the others were another day out). I paid $20...figuring it would save me 1 day. Well, I just pulled the old contacts out and they do not match. The ones I have will not fit, so I have to do the whole thing over again. Stoked. Another thing: does anyone have pics of their old contacts that were causing the problem? Mine do not look too far gone. The copper on the armature was not too bad either. I am starting to question my diagnosis...