Starter hook up, what goes where?
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Melting Slicks
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Starter hook up, what goes where?
I have my engine back in the car. But I can't remember where the wires go on the starter. Can someone lend a hand? Thanks.
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Re: Starter hook up, what goes where? (joeveto)
Looking at the terminals on the solenoid, the control wire goes to the terminal at the 3 o'clock position. On my 75 this is a very short wire with an in-line plug. The heavy wire from the battery goes to the big post, other power wires with big enough terminals would also go there. Not sure, but if there are any leftover wires they should all go to the terminal at 9 o'clock. This terminal does not connect to anything inside, it's just a binding terminal.
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Re: Starter hook up, what goes where? (joeveto)
Of course the thick cable from the battery goes to the largest terminal, the 12 gauge purple wire goes to the "S" terminal and the 14 gauge red wire (it has a fuseable link in the wire) goes to the "B" terminal(the same one the big battery cable is bolted on) the 14 gauge black wire is a ground that normally is bolted thru one of the large mounting bolts. If you have a "R" terminal on your starter solenoid, since you have an HEI car, nothing is connected to it, it is only used on cars with point ignition.
