due to a real busy few months at work I never got back to this problem until yesterday.cranked the argo over and it turned real slow but started,then though to myself that the battery was pretty much 4 years old.went into crappy tire today and bought a type 51r optimum yellow top battery,turned the key and wow.cranked fast and started like a champ.i guess the original battery has been on the way out for a year or so.certainly feel better that the battery was the problem.
thanks again