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Hoping someone can help with refitting starter motor solenoid connectors. It is a 186 in an EJ, but I imagine as it is a Bosch, these have been used for countless models! I have 3 wires to connect- main cable from battery, red wire & a deep purple wire. Holden factory manual lists the main battery cable & red fuse-board wires on one solenoid terminal post, and purple to the ignition switch to another post? But unfortunately I simply marked both red & purple as ‘starter’, and forget which went to which solenoid terminal! Can anyone confirm which wire fits to which terminal (see crude diagram): (one terminal has the copper wire running to the motor)  Thanks for any help (new motor in, all wiring done, just need this last bit to crank her over!!) HarryO
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Hi HarryO.
What you haven't shown in your diagram is the 3rd (small) terminal. It is located at 6 o'clock on your diagram, if we accept that the 2 thick studs are at 3 o'clock & 9 o'clock (hope you can understand that).
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Cheers. I forged ahead & fitted red & main to the 3 o'clock. Electrics came to life with no issues. Tried the purple to 9 o'clock, earthed, and so-forth. No response. It is a small fork connection, which wouldn't fit these. Thank you. Off to start the old
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Bugger. There is no connection at 6 o'clock :(
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If the last terminal is there it could be bent backwards like the one in this image HarryO, it is a simple push on terminal.  I haven't got any better photos than that in the work guides
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Hi HarryO.
Are you using the EJ starter or one off a 186. If you're using the EJ starter, the terminal is no more than just a screw that might be screwed up tight, so it just looks like part of the assembly of the cap & not an electrical connection. Th |
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Thank you guys. Appears manifold & exhaust is coming back off...
Unfortunately I cannot see the bottom of the solenoid from any angle, thanks to the damn extractors. There is certainly no spade showing. all I can 'feel' is a protruding bump much more p
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Hey HarryO try to find a small mirror to get a better look underneath before taking it all back off. Also, if you have extractors I recommend investing in the smaller later model starter motor, they're hi-torque so will start the car better and you can ac
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Cheers Reaper for the idea. Mirror worked a treat. Sure enough, there is a screw hole at the very bottom. Back in business!!! Thanks a bunch.
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Good stuff HarryO, much easier than dropping the extractors and manifold back off I bet! For interests sake here is the image to the hi-torque compared to original starter motor I mentioned above, these are a terrific starter motor and you can't go past t
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And there is another trick from the chevs which may help with hot starting (especially if you do not have a great deal of clearance (clarence). Get a remote mount starter solenoid (even some POS jappa one from supercheap or somewhere similar) and mount Edited by user Tuesday, 5 June 2007 11:46:47 PM(UTC)
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