Question about Starter Motor
11-05-06, 01:06 AM
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Question about Starter Motor
There's a wire with a little black box and what looks like a ground ring on the end. It comes off the wire harness near where the harness connects to the starter motor. Does anyone know where this ring is supposed to be connected? Is it just ground too? It comes off the same branch of wires that the BIG ground ring is on down there. My car's a S5 Turbo II btw. Thanks for any help in advance.
11-05-06, 01:21 AM
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I just replaced my starter.. There's two wires on the starter. A bolted-down wire, which is thick. And a thin wire that has a small black spade connector. Your description was kinda fuzzy, but I think you're talking about that larger wire, correct?
11-05-06, 07:33 AM
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It sounds like the oil gauge/sender capacitor. It usually bolts to one of the slave cylinder bolts but just about any engine/transmission bolt will do.
The author is not talking about the large wire that connects to the long starter bolt that IS the ground for the engine.
The author is not talking about the large wire that connects to the long starter bolt that IS the ground for the engine.
11-05-06, 07:36 AM
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It sounds like the oil gauge/sender capacitor. It usually bolts to one of the slave cylinder bolts but just about any engine/transmission bolt will do.
The author is not talking about the large wire that connects to the long starter bolt that IS the ground for the engine.
The author is not talking about the large wire that connects to the long starter bolt that IS the ground for the engine.
11-05-06, 10:19 AM
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I think Hailers nailed it. I'm going to try hooking it up today and see if the car will start. I grounded that really big ground ring to one of the bolts that connects the tranny to the back of the engine.
The one I was talking about is this one https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/what-where-does-go-568916/ . Someone Pm'd me about this thread. Hope that helps someone else too.
The one I was talking about is this one https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/what-where-does-go-568916/ . Someone Pm'd me about this thread. Hope that helps someone else too.
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