Truck having issues....(question inside)
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Truck having issues....(question inside)
Well my 92 decided to take a crap.... starter died yesterday (while at the commissary.) So ran to O'Reilly's grabbed a new one... installed.. Nothing.... So, tried Solenoid... Nada.. Still just Clicks. (1 pretty click) well bout this time.. it's 8pm. Went home and started fresh this morn. Found that the motor wire (small 10 gauge roughly) had pulled from the splice. Yay! it starts. So start the drive home. Hearing a weird sound ( like starter was running but not engageing) just hoped to make it back to the house. Well hit the gate to the base, Electrical systems goes nutz... Radio shut off, gauges went nuts... so i shut her down.. Smoke billowing from hood... Great battery is fried.. open hood and see... brake fluid... Bottom screw on master cylinder was leaking... Not only that, i crawl under to look at starter.. bolts are blacked where it shorted. UGGGHHH! lol.... so the questions...
The screw on bottom of master cylinder, can it be tightened? (That's where the leak is coming from.) or just change her and go about my day. Starter is gonna get changed once more. Pretty sure it's done. Just another fun day. Lol.. Thanks for the help folks.
The screw on bottom of master cylinder, can it be tightened? (That's where the leak is coming from.) or just change her and go about my day. Starter is gonna get changed once more. Pretty sure it's done. Just another fun day. Lol.. Thanks for the help folks.
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Having issues with starter still running (not fully engaged but spinning with power, makes a higher pitched whine) on solenoid, have 4 wires. One is attached with a H terminal (battery power) to both sides, another is a dual wire set with single terminal, another is single (green with red stripe it looks like) and of course the small ignition wire (or S wire on the solenoid) So need a hand figuring out what is going on here. Thanks for the help.
Having issues with starter still running (not fully engaged but spinning with power, makes a higher pitched whine) on solenoid, have 4 wires. One is attached with a H terminal (battery power) to both sides, another is a dual wire set with single terminal, another is single (green with red stripe it looks like) and of course the small ignition wire (or S wire on the solenoid) So need a hand figuring out what is going on here. Thanks for the help.
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Here's a pic.. I'm holding the small and large red wires (from batt to starter.. Now looking down.. Does the little one go on the left ( closer to window, or right to the bumper?) and the other two.. One is off white/yellowish (seen in pic to the top) and other is a green wire looks like. Just trying to get her running again. thanks for all ya'lls help!
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Ok, the battery goes to one side(closest to battery), the starter goes to the other side. Most of the other wires with big lugs would go on the battery side. That way they get continuous power(to fuse panel, alternator, whatever).
There is one small control wire on a screw terminal(likely the "S" terminal). This comes from key to actuate soleniod.
There may be another small wire that goes to an "I" terminal on the solenoid. Not sure if you have that?? That gives coil a 12V boost to help with starting.
I can't say for sure what color codes things are since I don't have my truck handy in front of me. This is just common wiring for a starter solenoid.
Here's a quick pic I found:
There is one small control wire on a screw terminal(likely the "S" terminal). This comes from key to actuate soleniod.
There may be another small wire that goes to an "I" terminal on the solenoid. Not sure if you have that?? That gives coil a 12V boost to help with starting.
I can't say for sure what color codes things are since I don't have my truck handy in front of me. This is just common wiring for a starter solenoid.
Here's a quick pic I found:
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Ok think i had it backwards. closest to firewall would go to starter ( don't have diagram for the solenoid currenlty, in wifes car still). It started normally just the blasted thing kept running. I'm gonna see if i can reverse it and make it run yet again.. Thanks.
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thanks Freightrain, and baby jesus. I swapped those guys around ( batt closer to batt, and the other extra wires with it ) slapped the other on the firewall side.. and she purred like a 460 with an exhaust leak should. Lol.. I just wanted to be sure that was the way it should go before i buttoned her up to try.. 
To you my friend. Thanks for the input.
To you my friend. Thanks for the input.
Last edited by Milky1112; Jul 12, 2012 at 03:21 PM. Reason: Correction of name
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