Mike,
You state that the two small wires from the harness are connected to a
small terminal on the starter. I don't believe there is an extra terminal
of this type there. The starter solenoid should have 3 connections on it,
two large studs and a 1/4" push on terminal. The large stud farthest from
the starter body is where the positive battery cable and the two wires to
the harness should be connected. The large stud closest to the starter
connects to a very short wire coming out of the starter body. This is the
only wire that should be on that terminal. The push on terminal should
have one small wire on it going into the harness. This terminal is what
causes the starter to be activated.
Ground wires should go from some place on the block (starter mounting bolt
is good) to the frame. The battery ground cable can go to either the
frame, or to the engine. My preference is to the engine because there is
a lot of current flowing through the path between the battery
negative terminal and the starter ground (engine block). The fewer
connections there are in that path the better.
Do you get power to things inside the car? Do the lights work? They should
if things are connected correctly. Try disconnecting the push on
connection on the starter solenoid and running a wire from the push on
terminal on th estarter to the + battery terminal. Three should be a
small spark and the engine should turn over. Be sure the car is in
neutral! If this works, and you have power to th elights, etc, the problem
is not with the starter connections. There is a small connector about a
foot above the starter which the small starter wires run through to the
harness. This connector can get corroded causing either the car to not
get electricity, or the stsartr to not crnk when the key is turned. Check
it out and clean the connections.
If that doesn't do the trick please let me know and I will see what else I
can come up with.
Peace,
Pat
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, datsun_sports wrote:
> here is what I have:
>
> POS cable is going from battery to terminal on starter.
>
> NEG cable is grounded to frame.
>
> the small terminal on starter has the two wires from the harness going to
> it.
>
> the small spade connector is going to the spade connection on the starter.
>
> I have a ground cable from the bottom bolt going to the frame.
>
> all connections have been cleaned. I hooked the ground cable to the same
> point that the POs cable connects to on the starter and got all kinds of
> sparks. I moved it to the lower bolt of the starter after as I believe I
> hooked it up wrong by not thinking! anyway I get nothing now. the battery
> shows good. I get almost 12 volts when I use the meter on the starter POS
> terminal and the other lead is grounded. still nothing. all fuse look good.
>
> any ideas?
>
> thx,
>
> mike
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