Starter on 94 sidekick strange cranking sound

[zukitrek]

I cranked the battery flat, that is not a reason to say starter is slow
but i did that,, then charge battery back to 12.6 and wow, it cranks fast.
so its a no start?

Here is the check list for no starts
1: fuses good (ig-coil, and "FI"No in mine.
2: cel glows keyon, if not stop and fix that.!!!!! Yes it does.
3: cranks robustly , all this is covered on my no start page.
4: spark good on all 4 cylinders (if not? scan for cmp or ckp errors cranking) All four sparks new and wires measuring not more than 12k ohms.
5: compression, good, on all 4. bad engines can run so... Close to factory numbers (200psi) before the no start
6: runs on test fuel now, if not above is wrong or engine is flooded; No it does not.
7: if flooding,crank per the operators guide, WOT, ah it starts.
8: runs on test fuel and not flooded, we now attack fueling and air supply
9: cranking vacuum near 5PSI ,0 is bad, cat melted?

9: ask for complex fueling tests, if car runs on test fuel.

this is not in the FSM, this is covered in ASE training called basics.

Lets take from here, and then maybe add the other threads as we go on.

Thanks!!