87 6.9 Starting Wiring Issue
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87 6.9 Starting Wiring Issue
My truck started fine for a while. Then she stopped, and started turning over very slow. So I went to pull the starter and noticed that the wire coming from the starter relay on the fender was melted about 6 inches up and all crusty. Also, The fat 00 (?) wire that is coming straight from the battery didnt have a terminal on and and was not connected. It was just dangling there.
So the guy before me had put a new starter in my 6.9. I'm pretty sure when he installed the new one he wired it wrong.
I am not to familiar with this old Ford starting system.
I think all of the power going to the starter was going through the relay wire. Thats just my guess on why the wire was fried.
Can anybody provide me with a little insight?
Thank you
So the guy before me had put a new starter in my 6.9. I'm pretty sure when he installed the new one he wired it wrong.
I am not to familiar with this old Ford starting system.
I think all of the power going to the starter was going through the relay wire. Thats just my guess on why the wire was fried.
Can anybody provide me with a little insight?
Thank you
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So #1 is the wire coming from the fender relay and connecting to the solenoid. You can see the end is cooked on it
#2 is the connector/splice that has the 00 power cable (#3) leading down to the starter and the wire (#4) going to the fender relay
#3 If you look you can see it going down. This is the 00 cable that has no end on it and is just hanging there by the starter
#4 I have traced in red. This is connected with #3 at connector/splice #2. This is the wire going to the fender relay.
I took this picture last weekend. I am not home right now so I cant get a better one. But I figured this should help at least a little bit.
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No. Number one was connected to the starter. That was melted so I just cut the terminal off to make it easier to remove the starter. Then I pulled it up through for the sake of the picture. But #3 is the one I am concerned with. This one has no connector on it. Which I think this is supposed to be the big power to the starter.
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