Yes thanks bill!
I will be bringing the starter in to a friend of mine today, he has been rebuilding starters since before I was born, so he should have a good idea whats up with it.
I live out of town so I'm trying to make a list of what I need to minimize trips back. just needed to know if it would run on my 12volt battery to test an make sure the engine doesn't have any major issues, maybe i will pick up a 6volt flashlight battery, and switch to that as soon as it starts up.