Electric connection on starter????
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Melting Slicks
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That would be why it has a little red wire to it. Thats what activates the start. Here is a 1996 starter next to a 2005. I have to put the 2005 into my 1996 cause im doing a LSx swap Im tring to see if the electrical connection applies to me. I dont have a start button so is that electrical connection based off that start buttom?
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
What are you trying to do ?. I made a remote starter switch and all I need to do is hook the switch to a connector I made by the FUSE BOX. It this what you are thinking of doing because the purple wire for the starter solinoid is A B---h to get at.
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Melting Slicks
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I have a 1996 corvette, Im putting a LS2 in from a 2005 corvette. I had my wire harness custom made by current performance wireharness. Im hooking everything up and I put my 2005 starter in and noticed that electrical connection. I have no clue why its there. Most cars (older) have posts on the starter. I look at the 2005 and it had a electrical plug in also. I wanted to know if this would effect me starting. My wireharness doesnt have a wire for this. So im guessing I dont need it. I just wanna make sure what its purpose was.
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
I have a 1996 corvette, Im putting a LS2 in from a 2005 corvette. I had my wire harness custom made by current performance wireharness. Im hooking everything up and I put my 2005 starter in and noticed that electrical connection. I have no clue why its there. Most cars (older) have posts on the starter. I look at the 2005 and it had a electrical plug in also. I wanted to know if this would effect me starting. My wireharness doesnt have a wire for this. So im guessing I dont need it. I just wanna make sure what its purpose was.
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All the connector on the 2005 starter is for activating the solenoid like stated before. Gm just switched to a connector instead of a nut with a eyelet over a stud. I would say they did this because of ease of removal and to get a better seal to not get junk in there and cause high resistance. Two things you can do are splice that single wire connector onto your starter solenoid wire, or use a c5 starter and that will bolt up to the ls2 and use the same type of connection as a 95.
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