My buddy needed a starter last week, so since I am a little behind him in finishing my car I gave him the starter I had.
I got a lot of work done on the car this week after work and wanted to finish the wiring today, so I decided to just go get an Autozone starter from a mid 90s truck with a 454 like others have used and let him keep my old starter. It bolted in great and I wired it to my remote solenoid on the fender. I finally connected my last wire to the bump switch and figured "lets see if the bump switch works". The starter spins great, but the gear does not pop out. I checked my voltage and it was around 11.5 (garage has been cold lately).
Tomorrow I am going to try connecting the negative on the battery in the trunk to a better source in case that is it. What I was not sure is if I connected the wiring correctly on the starter. On my old starter there was just 1 large and 1 small terminal. This starter has 2 large, 1 small. I connected the battery cable to the large terminal that had a wire connected to it from the starter itself, then a link wire between that large terminal and the smaller terminal. Should I not connect to that large terminal and link and connect the battery cable to the other larger terminal?
Here is a close up picture, should help explain it a little better. Such a shot to the gut after getting so close to finishing the wiring of the car.
I got a lot of work done on the car this week after work and wanted to finish the wiring today, so I decided to just go get an Autozone starter from a mid 90s truck with a 454 like others have used and let him keep my old starter. It bolted in great and I wired it to my remote solenoid on the fender. I finally connected my last wire to the bump switch and figured "lets see if the bump switch works". The starter spins great, but the gear does not pop out. I checked my voltage and it was around 11.5 (garage has been cold lately).
Tomorrow I am going to try connecting the negative on the battery in the trunk to a better source in case that is it. What I was not sure is if I connected the wiring correctly on the starter. On my old starter there was just 1 large and 1 small terminal. This starter has 2 large, 1 small. I connected the battery cable to the large terminal that had a wire connected to it from the starter itself, then a link wire between that large terminal and the smaller terminal. Should I not connect to that large terminal and link and connect the battery cable to the other larger terminal?
Here is a close up picture, should help explain it a little better. Such a shot to the gut after getting so close to finishing the wiring of the car.