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Need Help with wiring in high torque starter

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  • Start date Start date Mar 21, 2004
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got a power master starter but it has two connections on it, Which one do i Use, there is a small conection where the starter wire fits on and there is a larger one , Someone please give me some advice
 

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The large gauge wire runs from the large terminal on the starter to the main on the solenoid. The small gauge wire connects to the small connection on the starter and runs to the start position on the solenoid.
 

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You have to move the large wire that goes to the starter from the "starter motor" side of the fender mounted solenoid to the "battery" side of the solenoid. Then run a 12ga wire from the small ternimal on the starter motor to where you moved the large wire off the starter solenoid - on the "starter motor" side.
 

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So, the large gauge cable when your are through, should be hot all the time. The small wire should be dead unless you turn the key to "start" which should energize (12V+) the small wire with the fender mounted starter relay. It's different from your single wire starter where the single wire (big cable) was not hot all the time - it only received 12V+ when the starter switch energized it.
 
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