Hotrod Lincoln- I'll check that out. I did tap it with a hammer, but at the front, not the back... No change. I'll try the back this time.
Bartamos- How would I automatically know that the starter has brushes? As far as I knew, all it did (when pushing the floor pedal) was push the pinion shaft to the flywheel, and with supplied electricity- start the motor. Like I said, brushes in the generator make sense, because it's recharging the battery.
Buoymaker- "Wear is a lot of what happens" makes sense. I did try pushing the actuator... I both heard and felt buzzing.
I forgot to mention in my OP, but I measured the voltage in the battery after said discovery. It was just barely above 5 volts. I don't know if that'll change much, but I'm going to charge the battery and try again.
Last edited by Baronobeefdip; 07/21/2021 3:41 AM.
