Starter wiring help, 90 2 stroke

G8rfreek88

Recruit
Joined
Jul 10, 2021
Messages
2
Good evening. I am in the process of replacing the tilt/trim relays on my motor. So a couple days ago I disconnected the wires(4 of them) attached to the bottom two bolts of the starter, to access the relays, and like a true noob, I didn’t snap a picture like I should have before disconnecting them. So here I am, relays replaced, and in need of some help as to which bolt each wire should be reattached to on the starter. Here is a photo of said wires, the 2 circled in orange are coming from the wiring harness off the relays, the blue circled wire appears to be attached to the motor casing, and the white circled wire is the one that goes back to the battery. I appreciate any and all input. Thanks in advance.
 

Attachments

  • 443F2538-E5D8-466A-9081-44FAB5AD2A7E.jpeg
    443F2538-E5D8-466A-9081-44FAB5AD2A7E.jpeg
    772.7 KB · Views: 4

Chris1956

Supreme Mariner
Joined
Mar 25, 2004
Messages
28,526
Go on the maxrules site and grab a wiring diagram. Now trace the unconnected wires and see where they go. Connect per wiring diagram.

Relay primary windings must have a ground to operate. The PTT motor must be grounded thru the relay's secondary winding to operate as well.

That larger cable looks like the main ground cable, but trace it to be sure..
 

G8rfreek88

Recruit
Joined
Jul 10, 2021
Messages
2
Go on the maxrules site and grab a wiring diagram. Now trace the unconnected wires and see where they go. Connect per wiring diagram.

Relay primary windings must have a ground to operate. The PTT motor must be grounded thru the relay's secondary winding to operate as well.

That larger cable looks like the main ground cable, but trace it to be sure..
All of the wiring diagrams I have come across only show one wire to the starter and it is connecting to the starter solenoid. Cannot find anything other than that. Does it matter which bolt the wires go to is maybe what I’m most curious about? Can I just connect 2 wires to one bolt and the other two to another and be ok? Are they just 2 bolts that do the same thing? Ie are they both just ground bolts?
 
Top