Erik Jenkinson
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So I went and bought one of those chinese gear reduction starters to hold me over until I can find time to rebuild my 27mt. I took out my existing starter,which has really begun to rattle hard after every start. I put in the chinese gear reduction, with the correct bracket, and it fired right up. I repeated the process several times, no problems. The next day I went out to move my truck, and I got the click, but no go. I ended up just putting the original, near dead one back in just to get the truck out of the driveway. Here is where my problem lies. I am nearly certain I may have in haste, wired the small wire going to the solenoid on the incorrect side. My original starter has this wire on the right, or closer to the center of the vehicle. Im pretty sure I put that new starter on with the small wire on the left. Nothing fried. No apparent damage seems to have occoured. What difference might wiring it wrong have made? It did work, several times. Did I just torch it, or will changing the side of that wire get me up and running again? I have done the doghead mod. Worse comes to worse, I think I'll go with a Wilson rebuild, and make sure I wire it right. How does wiring /flow of electricity affect the starter and solenoid? Might this chinese one still be "good"? I really need to understand how a solenoid reallly functions, so I dont do anything stupid again. Im wiring up something I dont really even understand. I should mention that the chinese gear reduction starter ony gives you the option of putting that wire on the left side. The other side just has a small bolt where the stud would be. At first glance these dont look interchangeable.
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