That is correct, John. The main reason for checking the ground, is an older
fire wall may have rust in the joints, thereby limiting the amount of current
your'e attempting to pass thruogh it. I have exactly that setup on an old Chevy
truck for nearly 10 yrs. and have yet to replace a starter or solenoid. Oh,
carry a short peice of cable to jump from new to old solenoid and you won't
have to physically rewire, this is especially helpful on those cold, dark,
rainy nights! I have this setup on a mostly off road use only 4x4, and it does
come in handy.
Brian> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:44:16 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] starter & starter
wiring> > Hi Brian,> > Yeah, seems like you just need a short pos. battery
cable to the new > solenoid, and another from the new solenoid to the starter.
The small > wire(s) that you would normally hook up at the starter solenoid now
go > to the new solenoid, and that's about it. There's probably a bolt >
already on the firewall that I can test for ground. This is good > because it
means that I can get everything locally.> > Only thing is, w/ this setup the
wire between the new solenoid & the > starter is dead unless except during
cranking, so in order to use the > starter's built-in solenoid you'd have to
rewire it back to the old way.> > Thanks,> John> > > Quoting Brian Knight
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> > >> > John, simply run the existing cable from starter
to the F*** > > solenoid on the fire wall, run new cable from bat. to new
solenoid. > > I had to do this on my 406 powered truck. It works great, and if
one > > solenoid or the other goes bad, you can run off the other until you > >
can replace the bad. Pretty simple job, really, just make sure you > > have
good ground to new unit on fire wall.> > >
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