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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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just bought a powermaster XS mini gear reduction starter. i'm not a professional mechanic or an engineer so excuse the ignorant questions.

on my stock starter i have a large diameter terminal where the battery cable connects and a smaller terminal where the solenoid wire connects.

on the powermaster there is a large and a small terminal also. BUT
the large terminal is labeled "ignition" and the small terminal is labeled "bat". am i missing something here. isn't that backwards from my stock starter? or is it just different terminology.

thanks for any info.
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Old Aug 23, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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Does it look like this? This one shows the BAT as the larger terminal. Could the label be installed upside down?

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yes, that's the starter i have. but the terminals are labled oppositely.
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Old Aug 24, 2006 | 12:07 AM
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I'd guess that the larger terminal is the bat term. You could bring it to the local auto parts store for a test...
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