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Starter motor wiring
norfolkluego - 14/11/09 at 03:45 PM

The piccy is of the starter motor as it was wired to the crossflow. The starter I replaced it with (from a 2.0 DOHC) to mount to the Zetec only had the live feed plus one other and one terminal unused. Question is how do I wire the new starter to my existing wiring, live is easy, what about the other two is there a particular way they should go on. (Edited to remove giant piccy) Rescued attachment Starter.jpg
Rescued attachment Starter.jpg


Steve G - 14/11/09 at 03:58 PM

The small terminal looks like it should be the starter solenoid and is usually a white / red trace wire from the ignition switch. Earth is usually through the engine block and a big earth lead back to chassis or battery.

[Edited on 14/11/09 by Steve G]


rusty nuts - 14/11/09 at 04:29 PM

One of the smaller wires will be the feed from the ignition /starter switch and the other is likely to be the feed to the coil bi passing the ballast resistor that was used on the X flow, no longer needed.