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Today I put in my remanufactured starter in my truck. MY positive battery cable goes from my solenoid to the positive terminal. The negative from the firewall to the negative terminal Im thinking this is correct. I put in a good battery from my dads explorer because mine had died from sitting so long. I gave it a crank and it sounded like the starter was turning and the truck lurched foward (was in gear) but nothing It didnt sound like the engine was even cranking. And after 2 tries the battery went dead. A slight amount of white smoke came out of the starter ... im clueless
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Yes, the cables are in the right spots. I would check to make sure your cable from the solonoid to the starter is clean and tight on both ends. Also ground the block to the frame with a cable. As far as your starter is concerned, did you put it into nuetral after this and try again? If it doesn't work after the white smoke, I'd say it's now bad. Take it out and bench test it with some jumper cables and see what it does. Most of today's reman starters are crap. You'd be better off to take your original one if you can get it back and take it to a local starter and alternator shop and get it rebuilt. You'd get a better job and they can beef it up for you.
Barry
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Hi
Your positve cable from the battery attaches to the starter relay. The relay is mounted to a "L" bracket, the relay has a somewhat square bottom a round tube shaped body. If you look at the relay with the mounting bracket facing a flat surface there will be 2 small studs facing towards you and 2 larger ones (one per side).
Attach the cable from the posive post of the battery to the stud on your left then attach a cable from the right one to the stud on the starter.
Next attach the cable from the negatve battery post to a good ground also make sure the engine is grounded.
I have my ground running from the battery to one of the starter motor attaching bolts and I also have a cable running from the same bolt to the frame (make sure you don't have any rust or paint at the attaching points).
This is how I have my truck wired it is not a 60 it's a 56 with a newer powertrain.
If you don't feel comfortable using this information please don't.
I think you should invest in a good set of manuals it sure does help. Good luck
Chuck
Your positve cable from the battery attaches to the starter relay. The relay is mounted to a "L" bracket, the relay has a somewhat square bottom a round tube shaped body. If you look at the relay with the mounting bracket facing a flat surface there will be 2 small studs facing towards you and 2 larger ones (one per side).
Attach the cable from the posive post of the battery to the stud on your left then attach a cable from the right one to the stud on the starter.
Next attach the cable from the negatve battery post to a good ground also make sure the engine is grounded.
I have my ground running from the battery to one of the starter motor attaching bolts and I also have a cable running from the same bolt to the frame (make sure you don't have any rust or paint at the attaching points).
This is how I have my truck wired it is not a 60 it's a 56 with a newer powertrain.
If you don't feel comfortable using this information please don't.
I think you should invest in a good set of manuals it sure does help. Good luck
Chuck
