I need a mechanics help for a M1009
I bought a M1009. The starter malfunctioned and wouldn't turn off during start up. I thought quickly and disconnected the battery, but not before frying almost half of the engines wires. I decided to get my baby towed and let a civilian rewire her, BIG MISTAKE! They fubared her many times. I finally decided to get her home and fix her myself. I ordered a book online and began to follow wiring schimatics. I found that they cracked the starter trying to fit it in without taking the transmission plate off. Now I have 3 questions.
1. The wires coming off the solenoid should both be grounded, it says in the book. When the wires come to the top of the engine they go to another smaller cylinder (sorry, not good with proper names, hopefully descriptions help) now a red, blue and green wire come off of this component. Where are they suppose to go from here?
2. The mechanics screwed up both the batteries, obviously the never have even seen a truck like this. I read that they are suppose to be in series, but in the book they have battery 1 (From front to back) positive going to 2's negative terminal and battery 1's negative term going 2's positive terminal. Then battery 2's positive goes to the positive terminal bar and the negative goes to the engine wiring harness block. Is this the correct hook up?
3. After I am sure about the battery hook up ( I never Trust myself, even though I should) I need to know which way each positive is going. The mechanics really messed it up! From the book to the actual engine, it's a mess!
You wanna hear something really funny? They began to panic when the headlights on the truck would not work. they took the whole front end and the dash apart and tried everything to get the lights to work. They had to finally come clean and ask us if there was a trick to the lights. I went inside the truck and switched the black out switch up and the lights came on! So some where in there they screwed up the wires for the lights and I would hate to take the whole thing apart if i don't have to. One of the positives are heading under the battery and into the front of the truck where i cannot see it.
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