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Starter wiring wrong

Old Jun 19, 2006 | 01:28 AM
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Starter wiring wrong

I replaced engines in my car and I remembered there were three wires on the back of my passenger head grounded with a bolt, the terminals are the same size as the big starter terminals. At the moment on my starter, there are two wires on each post.. I dont know which wires go where now. When I attach the battery to my car it engages the starter. Can anyone help me out with this? It would get my engine running
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 08:12 AM
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Try wiring it like this:
Attached Thumbnails Starter wiring wrong-f-carstartervinh2.jpg  
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Old Jun 19, 2006 | 10:38 AM
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Thank you, that should help.
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Old Jun 20, 2006 | 01:16 AM
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I disconnected all the wires to the starter except for the ones coming from the +battery terminal, I goto attach the battery and the car starts cranking over. There was a set of wires, similar to the ones coming from the battery, they had a metal tube surrounding part of them and they were really greasy. What wires are those?
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Old Jun 21, 2006 | 01:35 AM
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http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/3...2custom6jp.jpg
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5...5custom4lc.jpg

Those are the wires im confused about, I followed them back and they lead into a big T shaped bunch of wires.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9...3custom1zi.jpg

Thats the heatshield that was originally on the wires.

I was looking at pictures of my old engine and I dont see those wires anywhere, but I dont have EVERY angle, I have some pictures of my engine removal but I still dont see them either.

Im at a total loss, The wires on the starter arent touching, im 100% positive. Once this problem gets resolved, my car will be running and then I can expierence summer the way its meant to be.
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