[Tigers] Starter Solenoid

[Joe Brown]

Thanks to Donald Antilla and Ron Fraser for their quick replies.  They have
me on the right track now.  In my new wiring harness I have one white wire
that comes out of the harness behind the tach and I assumed it plugged into
the white wire (labeled "signal in") on the back of the tach.  My tach was
rebuilt by Nisonger and has the updated electronics.  I ohmed that wire out
and it is the one that goes to the ballast resistor.  So should I run a new
wire from the ignition switch to the tach and piggyback the ballast wire to
that?

Thanks,
Joe Brown

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 3:31 PM Donald Antilla <fast427 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> The starter solenoid temporarily supplies 12 volts to the. Oil while the
> starter is cranking.
> As soon as you release the key that temporary 12 volts is disconnected and
> the power to the coil is via the ballast resistor.
> It sounds like you either have a bad ballast resistor or broken wiring to
> the ballast resistor.
> Temporarily add an alligator jumper across the two tabs on the resistor
> and see if it starts. If it does start you have a bad resistor.
> And if that does not work, start looking for lack of 12 volts INTO. The
> ballast resistor.
>
> From Don's iPhone 203-592-8427
> Or 203-264-8301 home
>
> > On Nov 20, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Joe Brown via Tigers <tigers at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'm trying to fire up my engine for the first time and I have a
> question.  When I turn the key to the start position the engine turns over
> and fires up.  But as soon as I let go of the key so that it returns to the
> run position it dies.  It seems like the ignition system is only getting
> power when the key is in the start position.
> >
> > I'm a little confused by the wiring diagram.  The white/blue wire from
> the solenoid goes to the coil and this would seem to imply that there
> should always be 12V on this wire when the key is in the run position.  Is
> this correct?  I'm only getting the 12V on this line when the key is in the
> start position.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Joe Brown
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