I've gone through the troubleshooting tips in the "adults only" section. Very helpful, but I'm still dumbfounded as to why my engine won't start.
My wiring scheme sounds different from the troubleshooting guide so I'll just go by my layout on the starter solonoid.
Plug A is the big kahuna. This terminal has the Positive battery wire. There's also an orange that goes to the alternator. The alternator also has another h heavier guage red wire that ends up at this terminal. That red wire has an inline 50 amp circuit breaker.
Plug B is a short heavy wire that goes right to the starter.
Plug C goes to a yellow and red striped wire to what looks like a safety switch.
Plug D is a purple & yellow wire that goes to the coil.
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I have a test light and multimeter I used to test everything. Terminal A has power on always. I traced juice back to the alternator first by checking the orange wire. I also followed the red wire, testing both sides of the circuit breaker to the alternator. Everything seems good.
I hooked my jumpstarter backup battery to Terminal B (starter) and connected the negative to the ground. The engine turned over. This rules out a faulty starter.
Terminal C is only hot with the ignition starting. It goes to what looks like a safety switch. On one side, the yellow/red stripe (from terminal C) connects to one end and another yellow/red stripe on the opposite side goes into the wire bundle and disappears. I tested both sides of the yellow/red wires and verified power. The other side of the switch is sort of a mystery. There's a red wire (from the bundle) one one end and a black on the other. The red wire has power, the black does not. Not sure if that's by design.
When I hooked my light testor to Terminal D, the light bulb was weak with the ignition in the on position. Once you turn the key the light testor was bright. The purple/yellow stripe wire leads to the coil, (which has power.) The terminal on the coil also has an unknown brown. The other terminal on the coil has a black leading to the lower part of the coil and a brown wire that is grounded to the engine.
I'm wondering if this saftey switch is throwing me off. That or perhaps the solenoid is truely faulty. Did I miss anything? I really couldn't find the neautral switch.
To all of the captian obviouses out there: both batteries I tried are good. I also cleaned all my connections so they look brand new again. I know the starter works because my jumpstarter (which has far less amperage) turned the engine over.
My wiring scheme sounds different from the troubleshooting guide so I'll just go by my layout on the starter solonoid.
Plug A is the big kahuna. This terminal has the Positive battery wire. There's also an orange that goes to the alternator. The alternator also has another h heavier guage red wire that ends up at this terminal. That red wire has an inline 50 amp circuit breaker.
Plug B is a short heavy wire that goes right to the starter.
Plug C goes to a yellow and red striped wire to what looks like a safety switch.
Plug D is a purple & yellow wire that goes to the coil.
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I have a test light and multimeter I used to test everything. Terminal A has power on always. I traced juice back to the alternator first by checking the orange wire. I also followed the red wire, testing both sides of the circuit breaker to the alternator. Everything seems good.
I hooked my jumpstarter backup battery to Terminal B (starter) and connected the negative to the ground. The engine turned over. This rules out a faulty starter.
Terminal C is only hot with the ignition starting. It goes to what looks like a safety switch. On one side, the yellow/red stripe (from terminal C) connects to one end and another yellow/red stripe on the opposite side goes into the wire bundle and disappears. I tested both sides of the yellow/red wires and verified power. The other side of the switch is sort of a mystery. There's a red wire (from the bundle) one one end and a black on the other. The red wire has power, the black does not. Not sure if that's by design.
When I hooked my light testor to Terminal D, the light bulb was weak with the ignition in the on position. Once you turn the key the light testor was bright. The purple/yellow stripe wire leads to the coil, (which has power.) The terminal on the coil also has an unknown brown. The other terminal on the coil has a black leading to the lower part of the coil and a brown wire that is grounded to the engine.
I'm wondering if this saftey switch is throwing me off. That or perhaps the solenoid is truely faulty. Did I miss anything? I really couldn't find the neautral switch.
To all of the captian obviouses out there: both batteries I tried are good. I also cleaned all my connections so they look brand new again. I know the starter works because my jumpstarter (which has far less amperage) turned the engine over.
. anyway good luck.