Starter solenoid
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Starter selonoid
I have put a link to a drawing i made of my starter relay. I was wondering if anyone can tell me what each of the wires are for by the description i have of them. Also i was wondering where i should run an accessory line for my tach , cigarette lighter, and radio to on this relay. thank you
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gla...arterrelay.jpg
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gla...arterrelay.jpg
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i have lots of accesories on my truck alraeday and i am going to buy a 2nd fuse box for all of my accessorries this week and install it.. i dont know alot about vehicles, but i am learning.. how would a 2nd fuse box be hooked up.. i keep blowing fuses in the box i have. The previous owner.. my genious cousin.. hooked up an electric fuel pump, kc lights, an oil pressure guage and a few things i have removed before i had the truck, so it was a wiring mess and i am trying to sort out some of it and have the accessories and the necessities on separate boxes...any suggestions?
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run a seperate fuse box with a six gauge wire direct from the positive of the battery. all items hooked to it will have to have there own off switch otherwise they will be powered at all times.
you can also install a toggle switch on that 6 ga feed line to shut off all the power to the fuse box
you can also install a toggle switch on that 6 ga feed line to shut off all the power to the fuse box
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i think the starter relay has an accy. power and a constant power outlet on it, but i dont know which is which. if i can find out which one is the accy out let i think i could just connect it there and not have to have a switch.. i think that is why my bat. is draining right now, because i have it hooked straight to the battery, do you know where i could find out the info i am looking for?
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That is the one.. i have a link to a drawing i made of it in the original post if you want to see what it looks like...
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well as i stated in my second post your link is not working.
there should be no power at either one of the 2 small terminals on the solenoid when the key is in the off position. there is a fusible link wire that hooks up to the same side as your POS cable from the battery that the fuse box gets it's power from to run the small ACC's such as the cig. lighter, clock radio or other stuff that you don't need the key on for
there should be no power at either one of the 2 small terminals on the solenoid when the key is in the off position. there is a fusible link wire that hooks up to the same side as your POS cable from the battery that the fuse box gets it's power from to run the small ACC's such as the cig. lighter, clock radio or other stuff that you don't need the key on for
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Ok. sorry about the lnkk...does the fusable link wire supply the whole fuse box with power, or just the accessories? Also, would there be a difference if i ran a connection to the positive of the bat , or the side of the selonoid that the pos. connected to? And do you know of any way i could hook the @nd fuse box up to where it would come on with the key in the accy. and start posistion.. the toggle switch is a good idea, just wondering if there is any other way without a switch...thanks for your help so far by the way..
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no it will not matter if you run it to the solenoid or the battery.
take a test light , start the truck and check your small connection stud's on the solenoid to see which one is energized when the truck is running, use that one to run your second wire for your fuse box and you will be fine. power will shut off to that 2nd fuse box when you turn off the key
take a test light , start the truck and check your small connection stud's on the solenoid to see which one is energized when the truck is running, use that one to run your second wire for your fuse box and you will be fine. power will shut off to that 2nd fuse box when you turn off the key
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Ok. thank you for your help.this should help me manage my accessories better and stop blowing fuses.. finally i will be able to straighten up some of the wiring mess i found in it..Im just trying to get it all planned out how i want it before i start doing my body and chassis work to it.. i just looked at your truck and that is mostly like what i have planned for mine, except for i am planning on keeping the 400 in it. thatks again for your help
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back you said something about the battery draining?? one way to test this for a short is to disconect the POS cable from the battery, hook up a 12 volt test light between the battery and the POS cable, if the test light light's up then you have a short in your system somewhere. to track this short down start pulling fuses one at atime and watch and see if the light goes out, if it goes out you have found your circuit with a short. all this is done with the key in the off position.
good luck
good luck
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while you are here i was wanting to know if you know what the 2 small connector studs do and if the black ground on the opposite side of the selonoid is the ground for the starter?
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1 small connector goes to the key? and the other is what gives the coil power? i am not real sure on that tho, i am sure a wiring expert will correct me
no that is not the ground for the starter that is the power for the starter. the starter gets it's ground by mounting to the block
no that is not the ground for the starter that is the power for the starter. the starter gets it's ground by mounting to the block
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Thanks for taking a stab at it anyway. As far as i know that is how it is, only i thought one supplied power to the starter.. did you know if the black thick guage wire is the ground or power for the starter?