Starter wiring

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 06, 05 4:57 pm

Can anyone confirm this wiring for a small block starter please?

Small terminal - brown wire (thats definately right)

Large terminal - Live cable from battery
plus red from (starter?) relay on bulkhead

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Aug 06, 05 4:59 pm

The battery terminal should have two wires, thick and thin, thick goes to the main starter terminal, small goes to the bolted connection on the relay, the screw on connection on the relay goes to the starter secondary terminal.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 06, 05 5:08 pm

Alex, my car isnt entirely standard but..
There is a second wire (Red) that bolts to the same starter terminal as the live batrey cable. That red wire then connects onto a bulkhead relay.
the secondary terminal (Brown) connects to the other side of the relay.
Sorry if i'm repeating myself but does that description sound right?

I took phots of everythig 'cept the starter

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sat Aug 06, 05 5:10 pm

My one has battery feed to starter then a heavy gauge wire piggybacked off this to the BIG terminal on the starter relay on the bulkhead. This is where all my feeds to the car go from.

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Aug 06, 05 5:13 pm

That will work the same, it is using the main starter terminal as a distribution point rather than supply direct from the battery.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 06, 05 5:16 pm

I think that what I have. Both the heavy gauge wires (red and Blue) actualy bolt to the same side of the relay albeit to seperate connectors.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Aug 06, 05 5:23 pm

Thanks chaps, sounds like its correct.
As for the access to the terminal..dont get me started