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I ran a long wire from the relay solenoid up in the cab from the big post the one to the front of the truck put a meter on that wire turned the ignition key and it started reading 28 volts let off the key it goes back to o so i figured that ment it was doing its job so fig must be a burnt spot on starter solenoid???Well if the starter works, its solenoid is OK. If you can crank it with a button directly to the starter solenoid, but the aux solenoid/relay on the frame rail wont crank the starter, then the problem IS the aux solenoid on the frame or the connection between the two...
Ok i will try that! Where can i find the schematic of the starter/relay solenoid and wiring at the starter? I have a small black wire with thin 1/2 in eyelet just laying up against the starter with i think a 58 stamped in the metal band its been that way since i bought the truck from GPWhat snowtrack said. Sounds like a bad wire/connection from aux relay to starter solenoid. Repeat that test with the wire up to your meter connected to where that wire from the aux starter relay connects at the starter solenoid.
Don't forget when checking components, that a high resistance electrical connection will show full voltage on a meter without load applied. Try to pull current thru that high resistance connection, the voltage will decrease(sometimes drastically) on the load side of the bad connection. You need to test components in circuit/under load.
Have you got the TM's yet? There are a PITA to use... but it's all in there. (See TM forum if you have not got them {Technical Manuals}) Often time I'll just search google rather generally without even specifying to search for a TM... and the correct section of a TM will show up in the results. Did just that ... searched m1078 lmtv wiring diagram / Picked the closest looking image that took me to online TM.... then scrolled thru the 34 pages of schematics and found what might be itOk
Ok i will try that! Where can i find the schematic of the starter/relay solenoid and wiring at the starter? I have a small black wire with thin 1/2 in eyelet just laying up against the starter with i think a 58 stamped in the metal band its been that way since i bought the truck from GP
Thanks im in tm -9-2320-366-34-1 still looking for the starter page i think im getting close in section 6Have you got the TM's yet? There are a PITA to use... but it's all in there. (See TM forum if you have not got them {Technical Manuals}) Often time I'll just search google rather generally without even specifying to search for a TM... and the correct section of a TM will show up in the results. Did just that ... searched m1078 lmtv wiring diagram / Picked the closest looking image that took me to online TM.... then scrolled thru the 34 pages of schematics and found what might be it
http://trucks25tonm1078v1-5.tpub.com/TM-9-2320-365-20-5/css/TM-9-2320-365-20-5_511.htm
Ive been in tms all morning i probably passed right by this looking for a drawing showing all the wires and there numbers coming to the relay sol and the starter sol .Thanks for the the post im going blind looking thru all these tms lolNear the back of the 20-1 thru 20-5 manuals you will find the electrical schematics.
here is a screenshot of the aux starter relay. Basically power comes from the starter, thru the aux relay contacts and back to the starter solenoid to activate it...
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