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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 02:20 PM
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I just bought this starter:

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SU...sion|Automatic

I took off my old starter and now i have some questions:

Since the new starter is different, how can i know how to connect the wires? How do i know which one is the positive ore whatever?

Here are the pictures (the one on the left is the old starter. To show how it was connected, i wrote numbers):









Then, my other problem is that the pignon doesn't touch the flywheel.

There is something writtem in the instruction, but i didn't really get it

Can anyone help?

Here are the instruction:







Thanks
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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You don't have the solenoid connections necessary to wire up that starter to a '68-74 car. You would be better off rebuilding your starter and solenoid for about $40 and some time.
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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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He's right , looks like your missing the " R " terminal. I'm assuming the " S " terminal is that screw on the top.
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Originally Posted by 7T1vette
You don't have the solenoid connections necessary to wire up that starter to a '68-74 car. You would be better off rebuilding your starter and solenoid for about $40 and some time.
But i already bought the new starter and on the website it says it fits my car... mm..
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I got this one http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PWM-9200/

It has all 4 posts on it...I haven't put it in yet , but the solenoid does have the " R & S " terminals.

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Old Mar 28, 2010 | 08:43 PM
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See http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-t...on-wiring.html
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..edit..

Last edited by Nitro DarkSide; Apr 4, 2010 at 03:48 PM.
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Originally Posted by ssenay72
I got this one http://www.summitracing.com/parts/PWM-9200/

It has all 4 posts on it...I haven't put it in yet , but the solenoid does have the " R & S " terminals.


I bought and put that one on my car! It works good! No heat problem today and it's 85 degrees!
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I finally got mine it last week too , started right up, no shims or anything. I did wrap mine with a shield anyway, just in case.
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