OK it is not the starter, cables or battery. I know that not only because they are all BRAND NEW, but today I used a bypass trigger (shorted out the starter) and it cranked right up. And of course now it is working off the key just fine. Give it a week or two and i will be back to the same thing though. I really wish i knew where it was coming from, but i may just go ahead and set up a push button start for it.