Chris,
What the heck did they splice with, glue!!!!! No wonder we all end up with splice issues!! Ok, venting over with, she started right up. I can only hope the other stubborn people out there (like me), will just go straight to the splice. It really looked like they did a bang up job with the heat shrink and the internal rubber cement. It took me till today to accept the splice as an issue. Once again ,if I can ever help in any way let me know and if you ever see someone with this problem, tell them not to be stubborn like me. Send them my way, I will explain everything I did before listening to all the experience. Thanks for the link to the manual....

Fester,

Thank you for the additional link to the manual, I appreciate it.

 

I'm glad you got it. The problem was with the type of solider they used. Cheep junk. Probably China made!