if it is for the under hood light it would have power all the time.Been looking at a cut wire from my starter relay and I " think " it went to the underhood light.......
Thank you, I'll check it out.If it stayed stuck, that often indicates a weak or partially discharged battery. For some reason, a weak battery causes the points to weld. A good tap to the top of the relay (solenoid) can often free the points. But the starter Bendix and front bearing does not tolerate being over spun too many times. So get your battery load tested for free at the FLAPS.
Bad connections or corroded cables are other likely causes.
Perfect, thank you, yeah I wired the new solenoid correct handed, but upgrading to mini high torque starter this weekend and will rewire it againI would only get a FOMOCO solenoid, as the parts store brands suck. I use original FOMOC ones i pull from the junkyard in my 3 foxbodies for years with no issues and have 5 laying around as backups before I would use a new parts store one.
courtesy of our own jrichker
NON mini starter
You are on the right track.To explain the diode thing as best I can with my feeble brain capacity and limited electrical knowledge,
When a starter, for example is 'de-energized ' (basically releasing the key) the action can create a 'backwards power wave' that seeks someplace to go. Most times it's harmless, sometimes not, that's when the damage will occur,…
that's what I meant by 'backwards power wave'.the magnetic field collapsing
Back in the last century, electricity or electronics class tested us about which way the magnetic field was induced by which way the coil was wound, and a whole lot more about this.that's what I meant by 'backwards power wave'.
Going where?I knew I could get you guys going
Right on
My car has been like this for 3 years now . Not a single issue .If you have a high torque ministarter, you can ditch the factory style solenoid and just install a distribution block and wire in a simple Bosch style relay to activate the mini-starters relay. You can carry an extra relay in the glovebox if the Bosch relay ever fails.
Ford is essentially doing the same on the 87-91 cars by using one post of the solenoid as a distribution block. You can use the small post's blue/red wire as a trigger for the Bosch relay and just run a #10 wire down to the starter to trigger it from the relay.
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