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You can do a quick check of the battery's state of charge with a voltage meter. The battery should be at least 12 volts. A fully charged battery should have around 12.8 to 13.2 volts.

You were having some issues before you did any work. Problems that didn't seem to go away after servicing the intake system. Perhaps these symptoms that led you to servicing the intake system were actually symptoms of low fuel pressure due to a failing fuel pump. Its reasonable to believe that the fuel pump is not working becasue it has failed and trying what the Count suggested might get you some answers.

The starter. After you know that the clutch switch is good and after you've checked the battery connections, follow the ground wire from the battery to where it connects to the car. make sure that connection is tight and clean. The positive wire leads to the starter, make sure that this wire is clean and tight. To get to the starter you'll need to take off the air filter box and the bracket that holds the air filter box. Before you clean this wire or put a wrench or socket on it remove the negative wire from the battery. After checking these wires and the starter still doesn't work have your wife turn the key to start while you listen to hear the solenoid on the starter click. It makes a pretty good click you won't need to get right next to it to hear it. If you don't hear a click get a voltage meter and touch the (+) end of the meter to the threaded stud on the starter solenoid that has the smaller wire attached to it, touch the (-) end of the meter to the engine block or the metal part of the starter motor and have you wife turn the key to start you should see battery voltage when she turns the key. If you don't then its the relay R6 that is bad or the ignition switch itself. If you do see voltage then either the solenoid or the starter motor is bad. In either case you'll have to change the starter.