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| | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 | Not sure I have this right - but this is what I see listed
Battery --> Starter
Starter --> Ammeter neg terminal
Starter --> Coil Pos Terminal
then the coil goes to ign switch
Horn Rely and Alternator come off the Ammeter pos term
that seem right?
Last edited by BSCowboy; 06/14/2013 1:46 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,749 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1,749 | Just a suggestion: I would run from the Starter to the ignition switch. Then to the + side of the coil. That way you have no power at the coil until you turn on the switch. Just seems safer that way. No way to burn points and no spark with out switch. Putting that much wire on the ground side will put more resistance in to the points and might make for a "live" ignition if any thing gets shorted. Just a thought... but that is the way it came.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 | I am convinced the instructions classic parts supplied are inaccurate. Seems the power going to the ignition is going through the resistor(not 12 volts).
Got all electrical working but bypassed the resistor. Will probably run
Starter--> ammeter
Ammeter --> alternator and ignition
Then ign to coil
Last edited by BSCowboy; 06/15/2013 8:06 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy BSCowboy, you are oversimplifying your description in the extreme! Which terminals on the starter are you attaching which wires to? Do you have a solenoid activated starter or a foot activated one? Are you using your original six volt starter and running it on twelve volts? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 | Yes it is a foot starter and I replaced the top piece on the starter that has a side terminal one
Then instructions say to run
Starter switch to plus side of coil
Then ignition with a resistor in middle to plus side of coil
Seems odd
Last edited by BSCowboy; 06/15/2013 10:05 PM.
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 | Hy BSCowboy, those directions are correct, the terminal on the side of the starter switch is only connected to anything when you depress the plunger in the cab to activate the starter, that action allows a full twelve volts to go to the coil while the engine is being cranked to start. When the engine starts and you release the plunger in the cab, the terminal on the side of the starter switch is no longer connected to the twelve volt source inside the starter switch. You will get a reading of the coils resisted voltage at that terminal while the engine is running, but the terminal is not connected to anything inside the starter switch, hope that helps. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2012 Posts: 338 | ok the instructions are correct - I found that one of my ammeter posts on the guage was loose and that was dropping the charge.
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