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I purchased a Hitachi high torque starter and the wiring is different than the stock unit. There are three terminals on the starter. There are two large termainals, one with a wire to the motor and one without, and one to the plunger. I connected the cable to the large terminal with the motor connection and nothing happened. Connecting the wire to the other large terminal rotated the motor but no engagement. What the heck am I doing wrong? You know how much of a let down it is to have completed rebuilding all the mechanical systems and have something like this stop you from fireing it up.
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Cab,
Here's the way to wire it. First disconnect the ground cable from the battery. Next move the heavy cable that goes from the solenoid on the firewall to the starter to the same post on the solenoid as the positive cable coming from the battery. Now run a new number 12 wire from the terminal on the solenoid that you just removed the heavy cable from to the small terminal on the starter. Next, connect the heavy cable to the post on the starter that is not the one that made it spin. Last, reconnect ground cable and you should be good to go.
I also suggest you contact whomever you bought the starter from and rant at them a bit for the lack of adequate directions on how to wire the expensive new starter. If it was a Pantera vendor, I'm surprised as they normally provide good instructions. If it was a cut-rate speed shop, they undoubtably saved a buck or two by letting you find this out yourself. Good luck-
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