starter wireing

elovis · 04-12-2003, 04:01 AM

I need to know before morning what wires go to what on the starter. The mechanic that i am working with cant figure it out. And there are two sets of two wires black and yellow or maybe tan, What the hell are these wires for and where do they go? Maybe a link might even be useful.
Thanks Evan

wolfman · 04-12-2003, 04:50 AM

How'd he get the starter off without seeing the wires first? I near as I can remember the starter only has 3 wires going to it, the MAIN battery cable (VERY THICK wire) and alternator charge wires (fairly THICK wire) which are sandwiched together on the solenoid post and the starter solenoid trip wire which I believe is the brown (tan?) one. There IS a GROUND post to the engine block very near the starter, if it has no wires attached to it at this point, that is where the black and black with a white or yellow stripe wire go. (Esp if they have eyelet type connectors on them) Sorry but my wiring diagrams are at home...

elovis · 04-12-2003, 02:58 PM

damn thats how i had it, what else could it be then, the car just got a new engine and now when i try to start it it wont even try to turn over. but my stereo goes dead. hmmn i got 8 hours to figure it out today.

ericB · 04-12-2003, 06:07 PM

i tried looking up wiring diagrams in yahoo but couldn't find one. does anyone know of a website that has them without making you pay to look at them?

elovis · 04-12-2003, 11:04 PM

Damn do i feel stupid. Whaen I got under the car tosay i was like oh heres the problem. the ground for the starter didnt have a nut on it. I guess that proves no to try to do things too fast. I just wanted to hear it roar. As far as the other wires go they are the grounds to the pcm. I had to ask this guy who been a saturn mechanic for like 10 years. Of coarse I didnt get it running today. The Clutch acutator broke. I guess the Clutch master was too damn stiff for the old actuator. Hopefully tomarrow will be the day. Of coarse i will have to wait until the 15th to get paid to afford to get my pipes bent for exhaust. alright, no exhaust.