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#91864 09/05/2004 3:32 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 71 | This is a follow up question to my previous post about not being able to shut my engine off.
The side terminal on my starter switch is hot all the time. Shouldn't it only be hot when the starter is depressed?
Also, several have mentioned putting a 12 volt lamp in the line running from the ignition switch to the alternator. Can someone explain the purpose of that "resistance" and is this in addition to the ballast resistor on the line running from the ignition switch to the coil.
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#91865 09/05/2004 7:08 AM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 336 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 336 | I am assuming from your previous posts your starter switch is a push button with two terminals and you can run the starter with the ignition off. The first terminal connects to the battery and is hot all the time. The second terminal goes to the starter solenoid. It sounds like you have your ballast resistor bypass wired to the switch too. It should be wired to the same terminal as the wire that goes to the solenoid.
The alternator "idiot" light is in addition to and not related to the ballast resistor. I think you said you bought your harness? They may have already dealt with the "no shut off" problem.
Experiment by disconnecting that second wire to the coil first.
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#91866 09/05/2004 4:07 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | If the small terminal on the selenoid is hot
when the ignition is not on that would cause
your problem. Try disconnecting the wire on the
selenoid that goes to the coil. It should work
without it. If that is the case the terminal is
shorted inside. You can replace the selenoid or
take it apart & bend the contact back a little.
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