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I just bought a used 250 and want to start it before I intall it.
I just hooked the positive on a battery to to the starter and the negative to the block and used a remote starter switch.
The starter keeps cranking after I release the button.
Is it wired incorrectly or maybe it needs to be shimmed?
Does it take any power to disengage the starter or should it just release though spring pressure? Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Freds,

The starter should disengage when power is removed. This is a solenoid type starter and you have hooked your remote starter switch to the positive post with one clip, and one of the small terminals on the solenoid with the other clip...right.

The button on your remote starter switch isn't sticking on is it?

I have had the starter on a Perkins diesel stick 'mechanically'...which held it in electrically, but this is very rare.

Take another look at where your wires are going.


Stuart

Solenoid is wired wrong and continues to receive power after you are releasing the remote button... Even though you are using the remote, somehow your current wiring is telling the solenoid to keep spinning the starter. Make sure the remote switch isn't touching something it shouldn't be also as that would have the same effect. My experience on this is limited to 60's Camaro, but if you reverse the solinoid wires you get that effect.

OK lets see....make sure you are loosing the power to the sol trem that engages the sol,,the starter can turn if the drive is stuck in the engaged position as it will have the contacts inside the sol still closed,,I don;t know about wired wrong as there should be only 2 small wired trem at the starter 1 is to start 1 is for 12 volts to coil for starting..1 should have power when key sw is in start position the other is powered only when starter sol is engaged to supply 12 volts to coil.check large return spring in sol.I have seen the ns switch on an auto car keep starter engauged after car was shut off the started would engage because cuircit was completed thru ns sw((the sw was bad and allowing sol start cuircit to groung thus engaging starter...doc

Thank-you for the replies, I did forget to mention that I took the starter out and bench tested it and it seemed to work fine.