click...click...click... DAMMIT!

The newer mini starters have a plunger with a spring that gets pulled down when you hit key and makes contact with 2 terminals to turn the starter motor over. I was getting the click...click with my used mini starter after 15 years of service. It took longer to get the starter out than it did to replace $11 worth of parts, works like new again. The starter motor themselves seem to last forever.

http://www.lewea1.com/Starter-Solen...o-Dynasty-Intrepid-Ram-Shadow-Spirit-Stratus/