54vetteguy

It is really cold and snowy here in Central Ohio so I am looking for something to do on my 1954 so I thought I would try to figure out the correct wire hook up for my starter relay....

The correct starter relay is 1116886 (6 volt) which is hard to find - 1116904 is a 12v replacement which I do not have.
What I do have is a new 1116903 starter relay for a 55-57 Chevy which according to Roy (55 Copper) and others this is a workable replacement even though it is a 12 volt.

First what I do need to know or to verify is the correct wire hook up. Now it seems that since this is not a 4 prong relay I will not need to bother with running a jumper wire - is this correct?

Secondly looking at the relay mounted to the firewall the prong at the 9 o'clock position would be the yellow wire from the starter, the next prong going counter clockwise almost center on the bottom would be the purple ignition switch wire, and the remaining prong would be the black neutral safety switch wire. You can see these on the photo below. Also included a photo of the underside of the relay so you can see the prong.

It appears that the only difference in the 904 and this 903 relays are the prong attachment and the little disk or button on the bottow - they are switched.
Anyways hopefully someone can confirm the wire attachments and if I need to use a jumper wire of any sort.

How about it Roy ... will this work?
Thanks to everyone from someone who needs some sunshine and warm weather I think I am going crazy
John

ricaltman

Ever get and answer? I need to be sure I have mine wired correctly.

Vette Daddy

Run a jumper across the bottom two posts or cut the far right leg off and solder on the back side to connect the two.

ricaltman

Thanks, that was fast. I was hoping to find what wires go where. I re-wired everything and now, I'm blowing fuses. Could be co-incidental, but could be me. I thought the OD was working after the re-wire but can't be certain. There are only three wires, power, kickdown, and solenoid. Not rocket science but I need to be certain about the hookups. Thanks.

csherman

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1955 copper

Switch on the left original, on the right Car relay and bottom pic. I put a wire showing which post need a wire soldered on the back then cut one post to look more original to make it work. Original color wire L/post =Yellow, bottom wire= purple , R/post coming from PG =Brown . Hope this helped

ricaltman

I figured it out. Some engineer kindly thought that some boob in the future would want to check that his wiring was correct and had the forethought to stamp the answer on the leads on the relay.